Section 80 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Time limit for referring particular type of dispute
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 6 – Dispute Resolution › Chapter 1 – Referral of matters to Board for resolution
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
A dispute relating to the validity of a notice of termination which has been served or purported to be served may not be referred to the Board for resolution at any time after—
(a) where section 67 or 68 applies, the period of 28 days, or
(b) in all other cases, the period of 90 days, has elapsed from the date of receipt of that notice.
Provisions referred to
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- Section 67Period of notice for termination by landlord where tenant in default
- Section 68Period of notice for termination by tenant where landlord in default
Provisions referring to this one
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Other provisions in this part
- Section 75Interpretation (Part 6)
- Section 76Right of referral by parties to tenancy and certain other persons
- Section 77Right of referral in respect of breach of duty under section 15
- Section 78Particular matters that may be referred (non-exhaustive list)
- Section 79Different matters may be the subject of a single reference
- Section 81Tenancies and subtenancies: referral of disputes concerning their termination
- Section 82Withdrawal of matter referred to Board
- Section 83Board not to deal with reference if fee not paid or tenancy not registered
- Section 84Further right of Board not to deal with certain references
- Section 85Right of Tribunal or adjudicator not to deal with reference
- Section 86Status of certain matters pending determination of dispute
- Section 87Remedial action taken by party in certain cases to be disregarded
- Section 88Extension of time for referring disputes to Board