Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 1998 (ACT)
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 1998
No. 5 of 1998
An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
[Notified in ACT Gazette S150: 25 May 1998]
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 1998.
Commencement
This Act, other than sections 4 and 8, commences on the day on which section 3 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 commences.
Sections 4 and 8 commence on 1 July 1998.
Principal Act
In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.1
Interpretation
Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “approved mediator” and substituting the following definition:
‘approved mediator’ means a mediator who is registered under the Mediation Act 1997;”.
Abandonment during fixed term
Section 62 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “tenancy”; and
(b)by omitting from paragraph (4) (a) “residential tenancy”.
Successor in title to lessor
Section 64 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) all the words from and including “within” to and including “entitled,”.
Applications for resolution of dispute
Section 73 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) “residential” before “tenancy” (first occurring).
Repeal
Division 3 of Part VI of the Principal Act is repealed.
NOTES
Principal Act
Act No. 84, 1997. See also Acts Nos. 96 and 122, 1997.
Section headings
On the day on which section 62 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 is amended by this Act, headings to sections of the Principal Act are altered as set out in the following table:
| Section | Alteration |
| 21 | Before “tenancy” insert “residential”. |
| 22 | Before “tenancy” insert “residential”. |
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 30 April 1998]
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