Housing (Registration of Rented Houses) Regulations, 1996

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1996
• Citation: IR SI 30/1996

S.I. No. 30 of 1996.
HOUSING (REGISTRATION OF RENTED HOUSES) REGULATIONS, 1996.
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment by section 5 of the Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21 of 1966), as amended by section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 (No. 18 of 1992), and by sections 20 and 20A of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 , as respectively amended and inserted by section 4 of the Local Government Act, 1994 , which powers are delegated to me by the Environment (Delegation ofFunctions Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 3 of 1995 ), (No. 8 of 1995), I, LIZ MCMANUS, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, hereby make the following Regulations:—
	1 Citation.	1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Registration of Rented Houses) Regulations, 1996.
	2 Commencement.	2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1996.
	3 Interpretation.	3. (1) In these Regulations —
"the Act of 1992" means the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 ;
"address", in the case of landlord or agent, means place of abode or place of business or, where the landlord or agent is a company, the address of the registered office of such company;
"house" includes any building or part of a building used or suitable for use as a dwelling and any out office, yard, garden or other land appurtenant thereto or usually enjoyed therewith;
"the register" means the register kept by a housing authority for the purposes of section 20 of the Act of 1992.
(2) In these Regulations, any reference to an article is a reference to an article of these Regulations and any reference to a sub-article is a reference to a sub-article of the article in which the reference occurs.
	4 Application.	4. (1) These Regulations shall apply to every house let for rent or other valuable consideration solely as a dwelling unless the house—
( a ) is let bona fide for the temporary convenience of or to meet a temporary necessity of the landlord or tenant,
( b ) is let to a person only for the purpose of conferring on that person the right to occupy the house for a holiday,
( c ) is let by a Minister of the Government, a housing authority, a health board or an approved body,
( d ) is let to a person who is pursuing, or intends to pursue, a course of study given by a recognised educational institution and the house is provided either by that institution or by another specified institution or body of persons approved of by the Minister for Education,
( e ) is let to the father, mother, grandfather, grand-mother, step-father, step-mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, grandson, granddaughter, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister of the landlord, or a person adopted by the landlord under the Adoption Acts, 1952 to 1991,
( f ) is a part of a building or within the curtilage of a house, in which the landlord is normally resident and there are not more than two houses within the building and curtilage, or
( g ) is a dwelling to which Part II of the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act, 1982 (No. 6 of 1982) applies.

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