113Tribunal may deal with disputes relating to security deposits

113 Tribunal may deal with disputes relating to security deposits (1) A tenant may apply to the Tribunal for the return of some or all of the money paid as a security deposit and the return of the interest to which the tenant is entitled under section 114: (a) after the tenant has received a notice from the landlord under section 112(5); or (b) if the tenant has not received notice under section 112(5) within 7 business days after the tenant gave up vacant possession of the premises or, in the opinion of the landlord, apparently abandoned the premises. (2) Despite section 112(5), the Tribunal may permit a landlord to retain an amount of a security deposit for a purpose specified in section 112(3)(d), (e), (f) or (g), although the landlord has not given the tenant a notice under section 112(5) for that purpose, if the Tribunal is satisfied that the circumstances of the failure to give the notice are such that the landlord ought, despite the failure, be permitted to retain such an amount. Residential Tenancies Act 1999 77