Section 20B of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Application of section 20 (frequency with which rent reviews may occur)
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 3 – Rent and Rent Reviews
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
(1)Where, immediately before the coming into operation of section 2 (a) of the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026, section 24C applied to a tenancy, section 24C shall continue to apply to the tenancy as if that Act had not been enacted.
(2)Where a tenancy commences on or after 1 March 2026, then any review of the rent under the tenancy shall be carried out as if subsections (4) to (6) of section 20 had not been enacted.
Provisions referred to
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Other provisions in this part
- Section 19Setting of rent above market rent prohibited
- Section 19ASetting of rent under tenancy for dwellings referred to in section 3(4)
- Section 19BRestrictions on amounts payable
- Section 19CDuration of tenancy for dwellings referred to in section 3(1A)
- Section 20Frequency with which rent reviews may occur
- Section 20ARent review for dwellings referred to in section 3(4) of Principal Act
- Section 21Right to review of rent where none provided
- Section 22Tenant to be notified of new rent
- Section 22ANotification of change in amount of rent following review under section 20A
- Section 23Proceedings for rent arrears
- Section 24“Market rent”, references to rent reviews, etc