Section 157 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Committees of Board
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 8 – Private Residential Tenancies Board › Chapter 3 – Meetings and committees
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
(a) to assist and advise the Board on matters relating to any of its functions or on such matters as the Board may from time to time determine, or
(b) to perform such functions of the Board as may be delegated by it from time to time.
(2A) Subject to subsection (2B), a member of the Board shall not be eligible for appointment to the Dispute Resolution Committee.
(2B) Notwithstanding subsection (2A), the member of the Board who is appointed under section 155 as chairperson of the Board, shall be the chairperson, and member, of the Dispute Resolution Committee for the period for which he or she is appointed as chairperson of the Board.
(a) have regard to the range of qualifications and experience necessary for the proper and effective discharge of the functions of the committee,
(b) have regard to the desirability of such balance between the numbers of each sex on the committee as is appropriate and determined from time to time,
(c) fix the member's period of membership (which, in the case of a member of the Dispute Resolution Committee, shall not be less than a period of 3 years),
(d) fix the terms of his or her membership.
Provisions referred to
Provisions referring to this one
- Section 4Interpretation generally
- Section 158Supplemental provisions as to committees of Board
- Section 159Dispute Resolution Committee