Section 135 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Section 134: supplemental provisions

(a) acknowledge the receipt by the Board of the application under section 134,

(b) acknowledge the receipt by the Board of a fee referred to in subsection (3) of that section,

(c) ...

(d) specify the reference number, referred to in subsection (3), assigned by the Board in respect of the tenancy concerned, and

(e) include a statement setting out—

(i) a summary of the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords under this Act and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the statement shall set out a summary of the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords in relation to—

(I) the setting of rent under section 19, a review of rent under section 20 and the notification of a new rent under section 22,

(IA) the obligation on the landlord to pay fees to the Board on an application to register a tenancy at its commencement and annually during the tenancy,

(II) security of tenure under Part 4 (other than in the case of a tenancy referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3),

(III) the termination of tenancies (other than tenancies referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3) under Part 4, and

(IV) the termination of tenancies under Part 5,

(ii) the matters which may be referred to the Board for resolution under Part 6 and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the statement shall specify that—

(I) a complaint may be referred to the Board under section 78(1)(b) in respect of the amount of rent that ought to be initially set in compliance with section 19, and

(II) a complaint may be referred to the Board under section 78(1)(c) in respect of the amount of rent determined on foot of a review of rent,

(iii) the redress that may be granted by the Board and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the statement shall specify the maximum amount of damages that may be paid to a party to a dispute pursuant to section 115(3), and

(iv) the function of the Board, referred to in section 147A, to disclose to the Revenue Commissioners information contained in the register referred to in that section.

(a) incomplete, or

(b) not accompanied by—

(i) the fee referred to in section 134(3)(b)(i) or as the case may be section 134(3)(b)(ii), or

(ii) the fee referred to in section 134(3)(c), where that fee is required to be paid,

the Board shall notify the applicant of the omission concerned and specify a date by which the application is to be completed or the fee is to be paid.

(a) an application under section 134 received by the Board is incomplete, and

(b) the Board, having regard to—

(i) the information provided with that application, and

(ii) the information required to be contained in the register pursuant to section 127(3),

is satisfied that the information provided with the application, is sufficient to effect the registration of the tenancy concerned,

the Board, having regard to the proper discharge by it of its functions under this Act and where in its opinion it is appropriate, may, subject to subsection (7), treat the application as complete for the purposes of this Part and register the tenancy concerned.