32Employment of registrars and other staff

32 Employment of registrars and other staff S. 32(1) amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch. 3 item 219.1). (1) To assist in the administration of the Tribunal there are to be employed under the **Public Administration Act 2004**— (a) a principal registrar; and S. 32(1)(b) repealed by No. 1/2014 s. 76. (c) as many registrars and other staff as are necessary. (2) The principal registrar— (a) has the functions conferred by or under this or any other Act and the rules; and (b) in carrying out those functions, is subject to the direction of the President. (3) A registrar other than the principal registrar has, subject to the direction of the principal registrar, all the functions of the principal registrar. S. 32AA inserted by No. 15/2018 s. 61. 32AA Principal registrar to give assistance (1) The principal registrar is to give assistance as the principal registrar considers appropriate to— (a) participants in a proceeding; and (b) potential participants in a proceeding, including a person who is considering making an application but who has not yet made an application. (2) Assistance given under subsection (1) may be in relation to all stages or any stage of a proceeding. (3) To avoid doubt, assistance given under subsection (1) does not extend to providing legal advice. S. 32AB inserted by No. 6/2025 s. 175. 32AB Functions of principal registrar—RDRV proceedings (1) Without limiting section 32 or 32AA, the principal registrar has the following functions in relation to ADR at RDRV and RDRV proceedings— (a) assessing applications under the **Residential Tenancies Act 1997** for suitability or eligibility to be dealt with in accordance with Division 5A of Part 4; (b) conducting RDRV proceedings under Division 5A of Part 4; (c) any other function referred to in Division 5A of Part 4 or by rules made for the purposes of that Division. (2) With the prior written approval of the President, the principal registrar may delegate any function referred to in subsection (1) to a member of staff referred to in section 32(1)(c) if satisfied that the member of staff is appropriately qualified to perform the function. (4) In this section ***appropriately*** ***qualified*** has the same meaning as in section 32A(4). S. 32A inserted by No. 23/2014 s. 7.