18. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 137:

“Fee to accompany application under section 134(2A)

137A. (1) The fee to accompany an application under section 134(2A) shall be—

(a) if the application is made in the period of 12 months beginning on commencement of section 3(4), a fee of €45, or

(b) if the application is made after the period referred to in paragraph (a) —

(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies, a fee of €90, or

(ii) if the Board has, under subsection (1A) of section 138, declared a fee for the purposes of this paragraph, the fee declared by the Board under that subsection.

(2) The requirement under section 134(3)(b)(ii) for a fee specified in this section to 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.

(4) The amount of the single fee referred to in subsection (2) is—

(a) if the applications concerned are made in the period of 12 months beginning on the commencement of section 3(4), €187.50, or

(b) if the applications concerned are made after the period referred to in paragraph (a) —

(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies, a fee of €375, or

(ii) if the Board has, under subsection (1A) of section 138, declared a fee for the purposes of this paragraph, the fee declared by the Board under that subsection.

(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 paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 134(2A).

(6) If an application under section 134(2A) is not made within the period specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 134(2A), the fee to accompany that application shall, subject to subsection (7), be the total amount of—

(a) the fee referred to in paragraph (a) or, as the case may be, paragraph (b) of subsection (1), and

(b) an additional amount of €20 for—

(i) each month, or

(ii) part of a month,

falling after the expiration of the period specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 134(2A).

(7) The fee referred to in subsection (6) shall not exceed the total amount of €240.”.