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Section 64B of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Duration of tenancy for purposes of this Chapter

Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 5 – Tenancy Terminations — Notice Periods and other Procedural Requirements › Chapter 3 – Period of notice to be given

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

(1)For the purposes of this Chapter, a Part 4 tenancy and any further Part 4 tenancy entered into following the expiration of—

(a) the said Part 4 tenancy, or

(b) a further Part 4 tenancy,

shall be treated as one tenancy, and references in this Chapter to duration of tenancy shall be construed accordingly.

(1A) (a) For the purposes of this Chapter—

(i) a new tenancy referred to in subsection (4) of section 5 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021 of a dwelling created immediately following the expiration of a relevant Part 4 tenancy of that dwelling, and

(ii) that relevant Part 4 tenancy,

shall be treated as one tenancy, and references in this Chapter to duration of tenancy shall be construed accordingly.

(b) For the purposes of this Chapter—

(i) a new tenancy referred to in subsection (4) of section 5 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021 of a dwelling created immediately following the expiration of a relevant further Part 4 tenancy of that dwelling,

(ii) that relevant further Part 4 tenancy, and

(iii) any Part 4 tenancy or further Part 4 tenancy of the dwelling concerned immediately preceding that relevant further Part 4 tenancy,

shall be treated as one tenancy, and references in this Chapter to duration of tenancy shall be construed accordingly.

(c) In this subsection—

"relevant Part 4 tenancy" means a Part 4 tenancy that—

(a) came into being before the commencement of section 5 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021, and

(b) expired on or after such commencement; and

"relevant further Part 4 tenancy" means a further Part 4 tenancy that—

(a) came into being before the commencement of section 5 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021, and

(b) expired on or after such commencement.

(2)This section is without prejudice to subsection (2) of section 61.

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