Section 96 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Procedures to be followed by Board following report of mediator
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 6 – Dispute Resolution › Chapter 4 – Mediation and adjudication
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
(a) the report furnished to the Director under section 95(5) states that there is agreement between the parties and that the agreement resolves the dispute,
(b) a period of 10 days has elapsed from the date of the completion of the mediation, and
(c) during that period of 10 days no party to the agreement has made a notification under section 95(5A) to the mediator and the Board,
the Director shall prepare a determination order under section 121 in respect of the dispute.
(a) one or more of the parties to a dispute request the Board to refer the dispute to the Tribunal, and
(b) the report furnished to the Director under section 95(5) states that—
(i) there is no agreement between the parties that has resolved the dispute,
(ii) the dispute is not resolved notwithstanding that, one, or more than one, of the matters concerning the dispute have been agreed between the parties, or
(iii) there is an agreement between the parties that has resolved the dispute but, within the period of 10 days following the completion of the mediation, a party to that agreement has made a notification to the mediator and the Board under section 95(5A),
the Board shall refer the dispute to the Tribunal.
Provisions referred to
Provisions referring to this one
- Section 95Mediation
- Section 104Determination of disputes by Tribunal: procedures generally
- Section 109Power of Board to make procedural rules
- Section 121Determination orders
- Section 123Binding nature of determination orders