Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:

“PART 1

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Short title, collective citations and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020.

(2) (a) The Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2019, section 9 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020, Part II of the European Union (Waste Water Discharge) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 214 of 2020) and this Act may be cited together as the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2020.

(b) The Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014 and section 3 may be cited together as the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2020.

(c) The Derelict Sites Act 1990 and section 3 may be cited together as the Derelict Sites Acts 1990 and 2020.

(d) Part 3* shall be included in the collective citation the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2020.

(3) Part 3* shall come into operation on 11 January 2021.".

This amends the Short Title of the Bill in a new section 1 to reflect that the Bill includes proposed amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 in addition to the Planning and Development Act 2000. In this context the amendment adds an additional collective citation to the section at a new paragraph (d) at subsection (2) so the new Part 3 concerning amendments to the Residential Tenancies Acts will be included in the collective citation of those Acts.

Subsection (3) provides that the amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act under Part 3 will come into operation on 11 January 2021. In this regard it is noted that the emergency period in Part 2 of the Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020 expires on 10 January 2021. This new section 1 will replace the current section 4 in the Bill as passed by the Seanad.

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