Residential Tenancies Act 1987

The bond administrator must refer a security bond release application relating to a residential tenancy agreement to the Commissioner for decision if —

the bond administrator gives notice of the application to 1 or more parties to the agreement under section 81F(2); and

any of the following apply —

the bond administrator accepts notice of dispute of the application from 1 of the parties under section 81H;

at least 1 of the parties does not respond to the notice under section 81G or 81H during the notice period and all of the parties do not otherwise agree to the application during that period;

despite subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the parties to the agreement do not otherwise agree to the application during the notice period.

The bond administrator may give the Commissioner information about the security bond release application requested by the Commissioner for the purpose of deciding the application, including information about the security bond and residential tenancy agreement to which the application relates.