(1) Section 97 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2J):

"(2K)

(a) In this subsection -

'Board' means the Private Residential Tenancies Board;

'household' has the meaning assigned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009;

'housing authority' has the meaning assigned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992;

'lease' means any lease or tenancy in respect of a residential premises required to be registered by the person chargeable under Part 7 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004;

'Minister' means Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government;

'qualifying lease' means a lease granted by the person chargeable to a qualifying tenant;

'qualifying tenant', in relation to a qualifying lease, means -

(i) a household in respect of which rent is payable by a housing authority -

(I) in accordance with Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, or

(II) under a contract under section 19 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, between the housing authority and the person chargeable,

or