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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 1998

        Queensland




RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2)
         1998

 


 

 

Queensland RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Replacement of s 77 (Payments above maximum amount) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 77 Payments above maximum amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 91A (Water service charge for premises other than moveable dwelling premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Amendment of s 231 (Meaning of "urgent application") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Amendment of s 233 (Making dispute resolution request) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

 


 

 

1998 A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1994

 


 

s1 4 s4 Residential Tenancies Amendment (No. 2) The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1 title 2 Short Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 3 (No. 2) 1998. 4 5 Commencement Clause 2. This Act is taken to have commenced on 1 December 1998 6 immediately after the commencement on that day of the provisions 7 mentioned in the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1998, section 2(3). 8 amended 9 Act Clause 3. This Act amends the Residential Tenancies Act 1994. 10 of s 77 (Payments above maximum amount) 11 Replacement Clause 4. Section 77-- 12 omit, insert-- 13 above maximum amount 14 `Payments `77.(1) A person must not require payment of, or accept, a rental bond 15 more than, or amounts as rental bond totalling more than-- 16 (a) if paragraph (b) does not apply--the maximum rental bond for 17 the agreement; or 18 (b) if the lessor is the tenant's employer and gives the tenant a rental 19 subsidy--the amount fixed under subsection (2). 20 Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 21 `(2) For subsection (1)(b), the amount is the greater of the following 22 amounts-- 23 (a) $400; 24 (b) the maximum rental bond for the agreement. 25

 


 

s5 5 s8 Residential Tenancies Amendment (No. 2) `(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the weekly rent under the agreement 1 is more than-- 2 (a) the amount prescribed under a regulation; or 3 (b) if an amount is not prescribed--$300.'. 4 of s 91A (Water service charge for premises other than 5 Amendment moveable dwelling premises) 6 Clause 5. Section 91A(4)-- 7 omit,insert-- 8 `(4) The tenant has to pay an amount for the outgoings only if-- 9 (a) the premises are individually metered for the water supply; or 10 (b) water is supplied to the premises by delivery by vehicle.'. 11 of s 231 (Meaning of "urgent application") 12 Amendment Clause 6. Section 231(5), after seventh dot point-- 13 insert-- 14 `· section 222 (Order about abandonment)'. 15 of s 233 (Making dispute resolution request) 16 Amendment Clause 7.(1) Section 233(3)-- 17 omit. 18 (2) Section 233(4)-- 19 renumber as section 233(3). 20 of sch 3 (Dictionary) 21 Amendment Clause 8. Schedule 3, definition "maximum rental bond" paragraph (a)-- 22 omit, insert-- 23 `(a) for movable dwelling premises-- 24

 


 

s8 6 s8 Residential Tenancies Amendment (No. 2) (i) if the tenancy is a long tenancy (moveable dwelling) and 1 electricity supplied to the premises is supplied in the lessor's 2 name and individually metered--3 weeks; or 3 (ii) otherwise--2 weeks; or'. 4 5 © State of Queensland 1998

 


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