(1)  The owner may lodge a claim form with the Authority –

(a) if –

(i) the owner has given a claim form to a tenant under section 28 ; and

(ii) the tenant has not lodged that form with the Authority within 10 days after it was so given or a longer prescribed period; and

(iii) the deposit contributor has not lodged a claim form with the Authority; or

(b) if –

(i) the owner has been unable to give the claim form to any tenant under section 28 after taking all reasonable steps to do so; and

(ii) the deposit contributor has not lodged a claim form with the Authority.

(2)  On receipt of a claim form under subsection (1)  –

(a) the Authority is to refer the matter to the Commissioner; and

(b) the referral is taken to be a dispute lodged under section 29F and this Act applies to the referral with such modifications as are necessary for that purpose.