Section 58 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Termination of tenancies restricted to means provided by this Part

Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 5 – Tenancy Terminations — Notice Periods and other Procedural Requirements › Chapter 1 – Scope of Part and interpretation provisions

Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.

(1)From the relevant date, a tenancy of a dwelling may not be terminated by the landlord or the tenant by means of a notice of forfeiture, a re-entry or any other process or procedure not provided by this Part.

(2)Accordingly, the termination by the landlord or the tenant of—

(a) more beneficial rights referred to in section 26 that the tenant enjoys under a tenancy than those created by Part 4, …

(b) a tenancy to which section 25 applies, or

must be effected by means of a notice of termination that complies with this Part.

(3)Each of the following—

(a) a tenancy referred to in subsection (2)(a) (unless it expressly excludes this means of termination),

(b) a tenancy referred to in subsection (2)(b), and

(c) a tenancy of a dwelling created before or after the relevant date in so far as its operation is not affected by Part 4 (but subject to subsection (4) where the tenancy is a tenancy referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3),

shall be construed as including a term enabling its termination by means of a notice of termination that complies with this Part (but, in the case of a tenancy that is for a fixed period, unless it provides otherwise, only where there has been a failure by the party in relation to whom the notice is served to comply with any obligations of the tenancy).

(4)Notwithstanding the application of subsection (3) to a tenancy referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3, such a tenancy shall also be construed as including a term enabling its termination by the tenant, by means of a notice of termination that complies with this Part, during the period beginning on 1 May and ending on 1 October in any year, whether or not there has been failure by the landlord to comply with any obligations of the tenancy.

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