Ms Lucia Crimin:

They have become registered. There is a process provided for under the Residential Tenancies Act. A tenancy can be registered at any time. The legal requirement is to register the tenancy within 30 days of the tenancy commencing, but where that is done after that point in time, a late fee automatically applies. A landlord or agent is not prevented from registering a tenancy at any time but now, since March of this year, they will be charged with a penalty for registering the tenancy late.