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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
114Interest on security deposit
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114 Interest on security deposit
If interest accrues in relation to an amount paid as a security
deposit held in an interest-bearing trust account, other than an
account established under section 50 of the Agents Licensing
Act 1979, the landlord must ensure that the interest is paid:
(a) to the person specified in the tenancy agreement as the
person to whom the interest is to be paid; or
(b) if a tenancy agreement does not specify to whom the interest
must be paid – to the parties to the tenancy agreement who,
at the end of the tenancy, are entitled under this Act to receive
the greater part of the amount paid as the security deposit.