Landlord and Tenant Act 1973 (ACT)

No. 18 of 1973

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance 1949-1972.

x	THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of
I ,	Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council,
hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of	Government

(Administration) Act 1910-1972.

Dated this thirty-first day of May, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

KEP ENDERBY

Minister of State for the Capital Territory.

LANDLORD AND TENANT ORDINANCE 1973

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant

Ordinance 1973.*

(2 ) The Landlord and Tenant Ordinance 1949-1972f is in this

Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may

be cited as the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance 1949-1973.

2. Section 8 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting in sub-section ( 1 ) , after the definition of " the Controller ", the following definition:—

t Ordinance N o . 6, 1949, as amended by N o . 10, 1952; N o . 3, 1937; N o . 19, 1966; and N o . 36, 1972.

" ' the Cour t ' means the Court of Petty Sessions; ".

3. Section 70 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the follow­

ing section substituted:—

" 70. The Court of Petty Sessions has jurisdiction in proceedings

under Part III.".

4. Section 75 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the follow­

ing section substituted:—

" 7 5 . (1 ) An appeal lies to the Supreme Court from a judgment or

order of the Court in proceedings under this Part.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 7 June 1973.

" (2) The provisions of Division 2 of Part XI of the Court of Petty Sessions Ordinance 1930-1972 apply to and in relation to an appeal under sub-section (1) as if it were an appeal from an order of the Court of the kind referred to in paragraph (h) of sub-section (1) of section 208 of that Ordinance.".

5. Section 78 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words "the appropriate court" and substituting the words " the Court" ; and

(b) by omitting sub-sections (4) and (5).

6. The Principal Ordinance is amended as set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE Section 6

Amendments of the Principal Ordinance

Provision amended Omit— Inserts—

Section 63 (3)	any court of competent jurisdiction	the Court
Section 69 (1)	any court	the Court
and the court	and the Court
of the court	of the Court
a court having jurisdiction under this	the Court

Part so to do

Section 69 (2)	a court	the Court
Section 71 (1)	the court shall	the Court shall

Section 71 (1) (b)	. .	the court	the Court
Section 71 (2)	the court shall	the Court shall
unless the court	unless the Court
Section 72	the court may	the Court may
Section 72 (c) (i)	. .	the court	the Court
Section 72 (c) (ii)	the court	the Court
Section 73 (1)	of the court	of the Court
until the court	until the Court
Section 73 (2)	the court	the Court
Section 73 (3)	the court has	the Court has

of the court of the Court

Section 74	any court	the Court
Section 77	the court which made the order	the Court
to the court	to the Court
of the court	of the Court
Section 80	a court	the Court
that court	the Court
Section 82 (2)	the court	the Court

Section 83 (3) (b)	. .	the court	the Court
Section 83 (3) (c)	. .	the court	the Court