Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st January, 2017.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (5) of section 24A (inserted by the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (No. 17 of 2016)) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004), and consequent on having duly received from the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board, pursuant to that subsection, a rent zone report confirming that the criteria in subsection (4) of that section are satisfied in respect of the area to which the following Order relates, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Rent Pressure Zone (Local Electoral Area of Kildare-Newbridge) Order 2017.

2. This Order comes into operation on 27 January 2017.

3. The area consisting of the Local Electoral Area of Kildare-Newbridge (as provided for by the County of Kildare Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 52 of 2014 )) is prescribed as a rent pressure zone for a period of 3 years commencing on the date of coming into operation of this Order.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 January 2017.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order provides for the designation of the Local Electoral Area of Kildare–Newbridge as a rent pressure zone under section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (as inserted by section 36 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 ), for a period of 3 years from the date of coming into operation of this Order.