Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015

Amendment of section 159 of Principal Act

69. (1) Section 159 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) The Dispute Resolution Committee shall consist of not more than 45 members which shall include the chairperson of the Dispute Resolution Committee.”,

(b) in subsection (3) by deleting “unless the unexpired period of his or her term of office as a member of the Board is 3 or more years at the date of his or her appointment as a member of the Committee”, and

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) When the member of the Board ceases to be the chairperson of the Board he or she shall also cease to be chairperson of the Dispute Resolution Committee.”.

(2) Where on the commencement of subsection (1) a member of the Board is also a member of the Dispute Resolution Committee and of a Tribunal that has commenced but not determined a dispute, that member of the Board shall remain as a member of the Dispute Resolution Committee and of that Tribunal until that Tribunal determines that dispute.