Section 122 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Provision to ensure consistency between determinations

Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 6 – Dispute Resolution › Chapter 9 – Determination orders and enforcement generally

Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.

(1)If, on consideration of a determination of the Tribunal, the Board is of opinion that the determination is not consistent with previous determinations of the Tribunal in relation to disputes of a similar nature to the dispute concerned then the Board may exercise the powers under subsection (2).

(2)Those powers are—

(a) to notify the members of the Tribunal who made the determination concerned of that opinion and request each of them to submit any views he or she has in relation to the matter to the Board,

(b) having had regard to the views, if any, submitted by those members to it, pursuant to that request, to notify the parties to the dispute concerned of that opinion and request each of them to indicate whether he or she consents to a fresh determination being made pursuant to paragraph (c) by the Tribunal in relation to the dispute or wishes to make representations to the Board in relation to the matter,

(c) if the parties consent to such a fresh determination being made or the Board, having had regard to the representations, if any, made to it by one or more of them pursuant to the request under paragraph (b), considers it appropriate to direct the Tribunal to do so, to direct the Tribunal to make a fresh determination in relation to the dispute.

(3)The making of any such fresh determination shall be preceded by a re-hearing of the matter by the Tribunal and the provisions of Chapters 5 to 7 shall apply accordingly.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (1), one dispute is of a similar nature to another dispute if the issues involved in each of them are the same and the facts that gave rise to each of them, as appearing from any record kept by the Tribunal in relation to its proceedings or any other record available to the Board, are the same in all material respects.

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