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Residential Tenancies Act 2004
Proceedings to be in public.
F296[106.—(1) Proceedings before the Tribunal shall be conducted in public unless the Tribunal determines in accordance with rules made under section 109 that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the proceedings or part of them should be conducted otherwise than in public.
(2) Where proceedings, or part of them, are conducted otherwise than in public, a person shall not knowingly or recklessly publish the name, address, contact details or other personal data of a party to the proceedings.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) Criminal proceedings for an offence referred to in subsection (3) shall not lie against a member of the staff of the Board or a member of the Tribunal in respect of anything done in good faith by the member of the staff or the member of the Tribunal in the course of the performance or purported performance of functions under this Act.]
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Amendments:
F296
Substituted (14.09.2026) by Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 (33/2026), s. 43(1), S.I. No. 434 of 2026, subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).
Editorial Notes:
E169
Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (1) restricted to 12 April 2021 (11.01.2021) by Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020), s. 16, in operation as per s. 1(3); extended to 12 July 2021 (30.03.2021) by Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(e), commenced on enactment; expired.
E170
Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (1) restricted to 10 January 2021 (1.08.2020) by Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020 (7/2020), s. 8, commenced on enactment; expired.
E171
Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (1) restricted for emergency period (27.03.2020 to 27.06.2020, extended to 20.07.2020 and to 1.08.2020) by Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 7, commenced on enactment, extended by S.I. No. 224 of 2020 and S.I. No. 254 of 2020; expired.