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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

The Tenancy Tribunal - Jurisdiction

84: Jurisdiction of Tribunal generally exercisable by any Tenancy Adjudicator

You could also call this:

“Any Tenancy Adjudicator can make decisions for the Tribunal, but sometimes the boss Adjudicator can choose who deals with certain cases.”

You should know that any Tenancy Adjudicator on their own, or two or more Tenancy Adjudicators together, can usually make decisions and use the powers of the Tribunal. This is how the Tribunal usually works.

The Principal Tenancy Adjudicator can decide who should hear specific cases. They might say that a certain Tenancy Adjudicator, or a group of Adjudicators, or a set number of Tribunal members should handle a particular case or type of case.

Sometimes, a case might involve tricky legal questions. If this happens, the Principal Tenancy Adjudicator can choose a special Tenancy Adjudicator to hear the case. This special Adjudicator will have qualifications mentioned in section 67(9). They might hear the case alone or with other Adjudicators.

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Part 3 The Tenancy Tribunal
Jurisdiction

84Jurisdiction of Tribunal generally exercisable by any Tenancy Adjudicator

  1. Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, any Tenancy Adjudicator sitting alone, or any 2 or more Tenancy Adjudicators sitting together, may exercise all or any of the jurisdiction and powers of the Tribunal.

  2. The Principal Tenancy Adjudicator may from time to time direct that any particular case or any particular class of cases shall be heard by any particular Tenancy Adjudicator or Adjudicators, or by any particular class of Tenancy Adjudicators, or by any specified number of members, of the Tribunal.

  3. Without limiting subsection (2), the Principal Tenancy Adjudicator may direct that any particular case shall be heard by a Tenancy Adjudicator who has a qualification of a kind described in section 67(9), either sitting alone or with any other Tenancy Adjudicator or Tenancy Adjudicators, where the Principal Tenancy Adjudicator believes that the case raises or may raise important or difficult questions of law.