125.—(1) A person who establishes to the satisfaction of—

(a) the Board, or

(b) if the determination order is the subject of an application under section 124, the F338[District Court], on the hearing of that application,

that, in relation to a determination order embodying the terms of a determination of the Tribunal or an adjudicator, there are good and substantial reasons for his or her having failed to appear at the relevant hearing conducted by the Tribunal or the adjudicator, the Board or the F338[District Court] may, subject to subsection (3), exercise the powers referred to in subsection (2).

(2) The powers mentioned in subsection (1) are to F339[direct the Director to] cancel the determination order and direct that a fresh determination of the matter shall be made by the adjudicator or the Tribunal as appropriate (and the making of any such fresh determination shall be preceded by a re-hearing of the matter by the adjudicator or the Tribunal and the provisions of Chapters 4 to 7 shall apply accordingly).

(3) The Board or the F338[District Court], as the case may be, may direct that that cancellation shall not have effect unless specified conditions are, within a specified period, complied with by the person referred to in subsection (1) (being conditions analogous to the terms the High Court may impose under the Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986) for setting aside a judgment obtained in circumstances where one of the parties did not appear at the trial concerned).

F340[(4) Without prejudice to subsection (3), if the determination order, the subject of an application under section 124, is one requiring a dwelling to be vacated and—

(a) the basis for that requirement is that the tenancy concerned was validly terminated by service of a notice of termination, and

(b) that notice was served by reason of the tenant’s failure to pay an amount of rent due,

the District Court may, before hearing any arguments or receiving any evidence in relation to whether good and substantial reasons referred to in subsection (1) have been established, require the respondent to lodge in court or pay to the applicant, as it thinks appropriate, that amount of rent together with such amount as it specifies in respect of the dwelling’s continued occupation by the respondent after the service of that notice.]

(5) The Board, before deciding whether to exercise the powers under this section, shall afford the other party or parties concerned an opportunity to be heard.

(6) The reference in subsection (3) to the Rules of the Superior Courts is a reference to those Rules as amended for the time being; if those Rules should be revoked then the reference to them in that subsection shall be read as a reference to such rules corresponding to those Rules as may be for the time being in force.