The Residential Property Tribunal Procedures and Fees (Wales) Regulations 2016

Determining applications together

13.—(1) This regulation applies where separate applications have been made which, in the opinion of the tribunal—

(a) in the case of applications made under the 2004 Act—

(i) involve related issues concerning the same premises; or

(ii) are made in respect of two or more premises in which the same person is the person having control of each of those premises and the same LHA is either the applicant or respondent in respect of each of those premises;

(b) in the case of applications made under the 2013 Act—

(i) involve related issues concerning the same protected site; or

(ii) are made in respect of two or more protected sites and the site owner of each of those sites is the same;

(c) in the case of applications made under the 2014 Act—

(i) involve related issues concerning the same landlord;

(ii) involve related issues concerning the same dwelling; or

(iii) involve related issues concerning the same agent licensed under section 9 or section 11 of the 2014 Act;

(d) in the case of applications made under the 2015 Act involve related issues concerning the same letting agent.

(2) Where paragraph (1) applies, the tribunal may order that—

(a) some or all of those applications; or

(b) particular issues or matters raised in the applications,

are determined together.

(3) A single qualified member of the panel may exercise the power conferred by paragraph (2).