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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: The Tenancy Deposit Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 373
31.—(1) The dispute resolution mechanism must be provided free of charge to the landlord and to the tenant.
(2) The scheme administrator must comply with any reasonable request by the landlord or the tenant to refer a dispute to the dispute resolution mechanism.
(3) Use of the dispute resolution mechanism must not be compulsory for the tenant, but the tenancy deposit scheme must require a landlord who has safeguarded a deposit with the scheme to use the dispute resolution mechanism in any case where the tenant requests a referral.
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