Section 62 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Requirements for a valid notice of termination

(a) be in writing,

(b) be signed by the landlord or his or her authorised agent or, as appropriate, the tenant,

(c) specify the date of service of it,

(d) be in such form (if any) as may be prescribed,

(da) if Part 4 does not apply to the tenancy, including where the duration of the tenancy is a period of not more than 6 months, state (where the termination is by the landlord) that the reason for the termination of the tenancy is one or more of the following:

(i) the same as the ground specified in paragraph 1 of the Table to section 34;

(ii) the same as the ground specified in paragraph 1A of the Table to section 34;

(iii) the same as the ground specified in paragraph 2 of the Table to section 34;

(iv) reasons other than the grounds referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii),

(e) if the duration of the tenancy is a period of more than 6 months, or the tenancy is a further Part 4 tenancy, state (where the termination is by the landlord) the reason for the termination,

(f) specify the termination date, that is to say, the day (stating the month and year in which it falls)—

(i) on which the tenancy will terminate, and

(ii) on or before which (in the case of a termination by the landlord) the tenant must vacate possession of the dwelling concerned, (and indicating that the tenant has the whole of the 24 hours of the termination date to vacate possession),

and

(g) state that any issue as to the validity of the notice or the right of the landlord or tenant, as appropriate, to serve it must be referred to the Board under Part 6 within the period referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as appropriate, of section 80.

(1A) Where a notice of termination is served by a landlord, the landlord shall serve a copy of the notice on the Board on the same day on which the notice is served on the tenant, and where the copy is not so served the notice shall be invalid.

(1B) The Board shall, upon receiving a copy of a notice of termination under subsection (1A), notify the tenant in writing of his or her entitlements under section 76, the period after which, under section 80, a dispute may not be referred to the Board, and give a copy of the statement given under section 135(4)(e) to the tenant and the landlord.