Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2002
Act No. 45/2002
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purpose 1 2. Commencement 2 3. Principal Act 2 PART 2—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE APPLICATION
OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT 3
4. Definition inserted 3 5. Fixed term tenancy agreement for rooming houses repealed 3 6. Self-contained apartments 3 7. Minister may declare building to be a rooming house 3 8. Hotels and motels 4 9. Exemption of educational institutions 4 10. Section 22 substituted 5
22. Temporary crisis accommodation 5
PART 3—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TENANCY
AGREEMENTS OF RENTED PREMISES 6
11. Record of rent payment 6 12. How much notice of rent increase is required? 7 13. What can the Tribunal order? 7 14. Certain charges prohibited 7 15. Amendment of references to supply authority 8 16. Landlord's duty to maintain common areas 8 17. Application to Tribunal for non-urgent repairs 8 18. Grounds for entry of rented premises 8 19. New section 91A inserted 8
91A. Offence relating to entering rented premises 8
20. Section 228 substituted 9
228. Termination after death of sole tenant 9
21. Application to Tribunal for creation of tenancy agreement 10 22. Notices to vacate and notices to leave under section 368 10 23. Landlord's principal place of residence (fixed term tenancy) 10 24. Conditional contracts of sale 11
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25. New section 262A inserted 12
262A. Tenant in transitional housing refuses alternative
accommodation 12
26. Extension of periods for notices to vacate—no reason 13
PART 4—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ROOMING HOUSES 14
27. Definitions amended 14 28. Power to enter into tenancy agreements 14 29. New section 94A inserted 14
94A. Harsh and unconscionable terms 14
30. Payment of bond 15 31. Condition report 15 32. Record of rent payment 15 33. How much notice of rent increase is required? 16 34. What can the Tribunal order? 16 35. Rent must be reduced if services are reduced 17 36. Amendment of reference to supply authority 17 37. New section 109A inserted 17
109A. Director of Housing may impose service charge on
resident 17
38. Application to Tribunal for non-urgent repairs 18 39. New section 142A inserted 18
142A. Offence relating to entering room occupied by resident 18
40. Notices to vacate and notices to leave under section 368 19 41. Conditional contracts of sale 19 42. New section 287A inserted 20
287A. Resident in transitional housing refuses alternative
accommodation 20
43. Extension of periods for notices to vacate—no reason 21 PART 5—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CARAVAN PARKS
AND CARAVANS 22
44. New section 144A inserted 22
144A. Harsh and unconscionable terms 22
45. Payment of bond 22 46. Condition report 22 47. Record of rent or hiring charge payment 23 48. How much notice is required of rent or hiring charge increase? 24 49. What can the Tribunal order? 24 50. Rent must be reduced if services are reduced 25 51. Amendment of references to supply authority 25 52. Application to Tribunal for non-urgent repairs 25