Section 72 — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Registrars

72 Registrars (1) For each of the places specified in Schedule 1 to this Act, there shall be a Registrar, who shall be the Registrar of the nearest District Court or such other officer of the Department for Courts as the chief executive of the Department for Courts shall from time to time designate for the purpose. (2) It shall be the responsibility of each Registrar— (a) To arrange, in accordance with the instructions of the chief executive of the Department for Courts, for the provision of such secretarial and administrative services as may be necessary for the efficient and expeditious exercise of the Tribunal's jurisdiction at the place for which the Registrar is appointed; and (b) To ensure, in co-operation with the appropriate Tenancy Officer, that adequate arrangements are made for the filing and processing of all applications and other documents required or authorised to be filed under this Act in the office of the Tribunal at that place; and (c) To arrange fixtures for cases to be dealt with by the Tribunal at that place; and (d) To carry out, in respect of the exercise of the Tribunal's jurisdiction at that place, the duties customarily carried out by a registrar of a judicial body. Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 July 1995, by section 10(1) Department of Justice (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 39) by substituting the words “ Department for Courts ” for the words “ Department of Justice ” . Subsections (1) and (2)(a) were amended, as from 1 July 1995, by section 10(1) Department of Justice (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 39) by substituting the words “ chief executive of the Department for Courts ” for the words “ Secretary for Justice ” .