Commencement Proclamation (2019-626) (NSW)

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation

under the

Residential Tenancies Amendment (Review) Act 2018 No 58

MARGARET BEAZLEY, Governor

I, the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC, Governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment

(Review) Act 2018, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 23 March 2020 as the day on which the

uncommenced provisions of that Act commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 11th day of December 2019.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

KEVIN ANDERSON, MP

Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence all uncommenced provisions of the Residential Tenancies

Amendment (Review) Act 2018. The only provisions of that Act that have commenced relate to—

(a)	the termination of residential tenancy agreements in circumstances of domestic violence, and
(b)	the liability of tenants for damage to premises that occurs during the commission of domestic violence offences, and
(c)	restrictions on the inclusion of personal information about tenants who are victims of domestic violence on residential tenancy databases.

Published LW 16 December 2019 (2019 No 626)