Section 127 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Establishment of register

Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 7 – Registration of Tenancies › Chapter 1 – Private residential tenancies register

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

(1)The Board shall, as soon as practicable after the establishment day, establish and maintain a register which shall be known as the “private residential tenancies register” and is in this Act referred to as the “register”.

(2)There shall be registered in the register each tenancy of a dwelling in the State the subject of an application for registration made under, and in accordance with, this Part.

(3)Subject to subsection (3A), the form of the register, the types of information to be contained in it, the format of any aspect of that information and any other matters relevant to the maintenance of the register shall be such as the Board determines from time to time.

(3A) The register shall contain—

(a) the number assigned under section 135(3) in respect of the tenancy of the dwelling,

(b) the local electoral area (within the meaning of section 2 of the Local Government Act 2001) in which the dwelling concerned is situate, and

(c) the particulars referred to in respect of the dwelling in paragraphs (i), (j) and (k) (other than particulars of any taxes or other charges required to be paid by the tenant) of section 136(1).

(4)Save under and in accordance with this Act and subject to subsection (5), no information contained in the register shall be disclosed to any person.

(5)Subsection (4) does not apply to a disclosure of information contained in the register by—

(a) a member of the Board,

(b) a member of a committee of the Board,

(d) a mediator or adjudicator, or

(e) a person whose services are provided to the Board under section 167,

in the performance of any of his or her functions under this Act, being a disclosure the making of which is necessary for the performance by him or her of any such function.

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