Tenancy Tribunal Act 1994 (ACT)

Tenancy Tribunal Act 1994        No 64 (repealed)

Republication No 5

Republication date: 2 July 2002

Amendments incorporated to 2 July 2002

As repealed by Act 2001 No 18

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Tenancy Tribunal Act 1994 (repealed).  It includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 2 July 2002 and any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

When preparing the authorised version of this republication amendments were not made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—

(a)if the person charged is an individual—$100; or

(b)if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Amendments incorporated to

Tenancy Tribunal Act 1994 (repealed)

Contents

Page

Part 1Preliminary

1. Name of Act  2

2. Definitions for Act  2

Part 2Application

1. Meaning of lease in pt 2  7

2. Leases  7

3. Disputes  8

4. Jurisdiction of Magistrates Court  8

5. Transitional application of Act  9

6. Transitional application of code  9

7. Matters before Magistrates Court or Supreme Court  10

Part 3Referral of disputes to registrar

1. Informal mediation  11

2. Referral  11

3. Action by registrar on referral  11

4. Referral to mediator  13

5. Initial referral to tribunal  13

Part 4Mediation before an approved mediator

1. Parties  14

2. Approved mediators  14

3. List of approved mediators  14

4. Procedure  14

5. Admissibility of evidence in subsequent proceedings                   15

6. Mediation reports  15

7. Referral to tribunal  15

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