Section 144A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Enforcement of requirement to update particulars
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 7 – Registration of Tenancies › Chapter 3 – Updating of register and enforcement of requirement to register
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
(a) inform the landlord of the Board’s opinion, and
(b) request the landlord to, within the period specified in the notice—
(i) comply with section 139(1), or
(ii) furnish to the Board the reasons why the landlord considers (if such be the case) that the opinion is not well founded.
(a) does not comply with section 139(1), or
(b) does not furnish the reasons to the Board or furnishes reasons which do not result in the Board altering its opinion,
the Board shall serve a further notice on the landlord stating that the landlord is required to comply with section 139(1) and that the Board’s opinion has not altered and that, if he or she fails to do so within 14 days from the receipt by him or her of the notice, the landlord shall be guilty of an offence.
Provisions referred to
Other provisions in this part
- Section 139Updating of particulars entered in the register
- Section 140Amendment of register by Board of its own volition
- Section 141Deletion from register of a tenancy
- Section 142Presumption in relation to date of commencement of tenancy
- Section 143Offence for furnishing false or misleading information
- Section 144Provision in aid of enforcement of registration requirements
- Section 145Further provisions in aid of enforcement of registration requirements