Residential Tenancies Act 2004

F393[Fee to accompany application under section 134(2A)

137A

137A.—F394[(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (6), the fee that is required to accompany an application referred to in subsection (2A) of section 134 F395[, or an application referred to in subsection (2B) of section 134 in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling referred to in section 3(4),] shall—

(a) in the case of an application made during the period of 12 months after the commencement of section 26 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019, be €20, or

(b) in the case of an application made after that period—

(i) be €20, or

(ii) where an amount stands declared for the time being under F396[subsection (1A)] of section 138 for the purposes of this paragraph, be a fee of that amount.]

(2) The requirement under section 134(3)(b)(ii) F397[that a fee referred to in subsection (1)] accompany an application under section 134 shall be regarded as satisfied, as respects the applications referred to in subsection (3), if the applicant referred to in subsection (3) opts to pay the Board a single fee of the amount specified in subsection (4) in respect of those applications.

(3) The applications referred to in subsection (2) are applications made by the same person at the same time in respect of not more than 10 tenancies of dwellings comprised in the same property.

F398[(4) The amount of the single fee referred to in subsection (2) shall—

(a) if the applications concerned are made during the period of 12 months after the commencement of section 26 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019, be €85, or

(b) if the applications concerned are made after that period—

(i) be €85, or

(ii) where an amount stands declared for the time being under F396[subsection (1A)] of section 138 for the purposes of this paragraph, be a fee of that amount.]

(5) The option of paying the single fee referred to in subsection (2) is not available to the person referred to in subsection (3) if the applications concerned are not made within the period specified in F399[subsection (2A) or (2B), as may be appropriate, of section 134].

F400[(6) If an application referred to in subsection (2A) of section 134 is made after the expiration of the period specified in that subsection F395[, or an application referred to in subsection (2B) of section 134 in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling referred to in section 3(4) is made after the expiration of the period specified in the said subsection (2B)], the fee required to accompany that application shall be of such amount as is equal to the aggregate of—

(a) the fee that would have been payable had the application been made before the expiration of that period, and

(b) €5 F395[or, where an amount stands declared for the time being under subsection (1A) of section 138 for the purposes of this paragraph, a fee of that amount,] in respect of each month or part of a month falling after such expiration.]

(7) F401[…]]

Annotations

Amendments:

F393

Inserted (7.04.2016) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (42.2015), s. 18, S.I. No. 151 of 2016.

F394

Substituted (4.04.2022) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), s. 26(1)(a), S.I. No. 167 of 2022, subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).

F395

Inserted (14.09.2026) by Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 (33/2026), s. 52(a)(i), (c)(i), (ii), S.I. No. 434 of 2026.

F396

Substituted (14.09.2026) by Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 (33/2026), s. 52(a)(ii), (b), S.I. No. 434 of 2026.

F397

Substituted (4.04.2022) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), s. 26(1)(b), S.I. No. 167 of 2022, subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).

F398

Substituted (4.04.2022) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), s. 26(1)(c), S.I. No. 167 of 2022, subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).

F399

Substituted (4.04.2022) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), s. 26(1)(d), S.I. No. 167 of 2022, subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).

F400

Substituted (4.04.2022) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), s. 26(1)(e), S.I. No. 167 of 2022, subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).

F401

Deleted (14.09.2026) by Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 (33/2026), s. 52(d), S.I. No. 434 of 2026.