Section 148AB of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Application to Circuit Court to confirm decision to impose sanction

(1)Where a landlord does not, within the period allowed under section 148AA(1), appeal to the Circuit Court against a decision under subsection (4)(a) or (5) of section 148X by the decision maker to impose a sanction on the landlord, the Board shall, as soon as is practicable after the expiration of that period and on notice to the landlord, make an application in a summary manner to the Circuit Court for confirmation of the decision.

(2)The Circuit Court shall, on the hearing of an application under subsection (1), confirm the decision under subsection (4)(a) or (5) of section 148X the subject of the application unless the Court considers that there is good reason not to do so.

(3)An application under subsection (1) shall be made to a judge of the Circuit Court for the time being assigned to the Circuit in which the landlord to whom the decision concerned applies resides or carries on any profession, trade or business.