Section 64 — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Possession orders

64 Possession orders (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, on the application of any person entitled to possession of the premises following the termination of a tenancy, the Tribunal shall make an order granting possession of the premises to that person. (2) No possession order may be made more than 3 months after the date of the termination of the tenancy. (3) Every order of the Tribunal made under section 55 or section 56 or section 59 or section 61 of this Act terminating a tenancy shall have effect as a possession order granting possession of the premises to the landlord. (4) No possession order (including an order of a kind referred to in subsection (3) of this section) shall be capable of being filed under section 106 of this Act more than 3 months after— (a) The date of the order; or (b) In the case of a conditional order under section 55(1A) or section 78(3) or section 88(2) of this Act which states that it is an order to which this paragraph applies, the date on which the conditional order takes effect as a final termination order. Subsection (4) was substituted, as from 1 May 1996, by section 25 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7).