Section 31 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Sections 28 and 30: special cases
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 4 – Security of Tenure › Chapter 2 – Statement of essential protection enjoyed by tenants
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
(1)The reference in section 28(1) to a continuous period of occupation under a tenancy includes a reference to a continuous period of occupation under a series of 2 or more tenancies.
(2)Where the continuous occupation referred to in section 28(1) has been under a series of 2 or more tenancies—
(a) in section 28(2), “the tenancy mentioned in subsection (1)” means the last of those tenancies,
(b) in section 28(2)(a)(i), “the commencement of the tenancy” means the commencement of the first of those tenancies, and
(c) in section 28(3), “the tenancy” means the last of those tenancies,
and section 30 shall be construed accordingly.
Provisions referred to
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- Section 28Statutory protection — “Part 4 tenancy” — after 6 months occupation
- Section 30Terms of Part 4 tenancy