Residential Tenancies Act 2004
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Fee to accompany application under section 134 . |
137.—(1) The fee to accompany an application under section 134 shall, subject to subsections (2) and (6), be— | |
(a) if the application is made in the period of 12 months beginning on the commencement of section 134 , a fee of the amount of €70, or | ||
(b) if the application is made in any subsequent period of 12 months— | ||
(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies, a fee of that amount, or | ||
(ii) such fee of a greater or lesser amount as may stand declared for the time being under section 138 (1) for the purposes of this paragraph. | ||
(2) The requirement under section 134 (3) for a fee specified in this section to accompany an application under section 134 shall be regarded as satisfied, as respects the applications mentioned in subsection (3), if the applicant mentioned in that subsection opts to pay to 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 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 134 , €300, or | ||
(b) if the applications concerned are made in any subsequent period of 12 months— | ||
(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies, €300, or | ||
(ii) such greater or lesser amount as may stand declared for the time being under section 138 (1) for the purposes of this paragraph. | ||
(5) The option of paying the single fee referred to in subsection (2) is not available to the person mentioned in subsection (3) if the applications concerned are not made within the period specified in section 134 (2)(a) or (b). | ||
(6) If an application under section 134 is not made within the period specified in subsection (2)(a) or (b) of that section then the fee to accompany that application shall be a fee of an amount that is double the amount referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)(i) or, as the case may be, paragraph (b)(ii) of subsection (1). |