Section 107 — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Enforcement of orders other than possession orders and work orders

107 Enforcement of orders other than possession orders and work orders (1) Every order made by the Tribunal other than a possession order or a work order shall be deemed to be an order of the District Court, and, subject to this section, may be enforced accordingly. (2) Where application is made to a District Court for the issue of any process to enforce an order provided for by subsection (2) or subsection (2A) of section 78 of this Act (requiring a party to pay money to another as an alternative to compliance with a work order or an order other than a monetary order), the Registrar shall give written notice of the application to the party against whom enforcement is sought. (3) If that party does not file in the Court, within 10 working days after receiving notice of the application, a notice of objection in the prescribed form, the order may, after the expiry of that period, be enforced pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. (4) The notice referred to in subsection (3) of this section may be given only on the ground that it is the belief of the party giving it that the order of the Tribunal has been fully complied with and that the party therefore disputes the entitlement of the applicant to enforce it. (5) If the party against whom enforcement is sought files the notice referred to in subsection (3) of this section within the prescribed time, the Registrar shall refer the matter to the Tribunal to be heard and determined under section 108(2) of this Act. (6) The chief executive may advance to any person who seeks to enforce an order pursuant to subsection (1) of this section the amount of any filing fee payable by that person; and, where the chief executive does make any such advance, the amount of the advance shall be recoverable from the other party as a debt due to the Crown. Subsection (2) was substituted, as from 1 May 1996, by section 42 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7). Subsection (6) was substituted, as from 18 August 1992, by section 8 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 79).