Malta Rent Regulations 2020: The Private Residential Leases Act

The Private Residential Leases Act came into force on 1st January 2020. The principal purpose of this act is to ensure standards of fairness, clarity and predictability in contractual relations between lessors and lessees, as well as to protect the right to adequate accommodation.

Applicability

The Private Residential Leases Act shall apply to private residential leases that are entered into after the entry into force of the Act, and it shall also apply to leases which were entered into prior to the enactment of the Act, the latter having been renewed after 1st January 2020.

On the other hand, in terms of the Act, leases entered into between a lessor and a lessee after 1st June 1995 but before 1st January 2020 which are still in force after 1st January 2020 shall fall outside the scope of the Act, and shall be regulated exclusively by the Civil Code, with the exception of leases entered into during the above-mentioned time-period and still in force on 1st