Section 15 — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Notification of successor to landlord or tenant
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15 Notification of successor to landlord or tenant (1) Where, during the term of any tenancy, the landlord's or tenant's interest passes to some other person, that other person shall, within 10 working days thereafter, cause the other party to the tenancy to be notified of— (a) The full name and contact address of that person; and (b) An address for service, being the address at which notices and other documents relating to the tenancy will be accepted by or on behalf of the person. (2) A Post Office box number or other similar postal address shall not be a sufficient address for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section. Sections 15 and 16 were substituted, as from 1 December 1996, by section 7(1) Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7). See section 7(2) and (3) of that Act as to the transitional provisions.
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