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Queensland Residential Tenancies (Objectionable Behaviour) Amendment Bill 2005
Queensland Residential Tenancies (Objectionable Behaviour) Amendment Bill 2005 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 4, div 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Division 1A Neighbours 187C Application by neighbour adversely affected by tenant's objectionable behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 191 (References to applications). . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Amendment of s 212 (Objectionable behaviour) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Amendment of s 217 (Warrant of possession) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2005 A Bill for An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1994
s1 4 s4 Residential Tenancies (Objectionable Behaviour) Amendment Bill 2005 The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1 Clause 1 Short title 2 This Act may be cited as the Residential Tenancies 3 (Objectionable Behaviour) Amendment Act 2005. 4 Clause 2 Commencement 5 This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6 Clause 3 Act amended 7 This Act amends the Residential Tenancies Act 1994. 8 Clause 4 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 4, div 1A 9 After section 187B-- 10 insert-- 11 `Division 1A Neighbours 12 `187C Application by neighbour adversely affected by 13 tenant's objectionable behaviour 14 `(1) A person (the applicant) occupying a place near premises 15 may apply to a tribunal for a termination order because the 16 tenant of the premises-- 17 (a) has harassed, intimidated or verbally abused the 18 applicant or other persons occupying, or allowed on, the 19 applicant's place; or 20 (b) is causing, or has caused, a serious nuisance to the 21 applicant or other person occupying, or allowed on, the 22 applicant's place. 23 `(2) An application under this section is called an application 24 made because of objectionable behaviour.'. 25
s5 5 s7 Residential Tenancies (Objectionable Behaviour) Amendment Bill 2005 Clause 5 Amendment of s 191 (References to applications) 1 Section 191(1) and (2), `part'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `division'. 4 Clause 6 Amendment of s 212 (Objectionable behaviour) 5 Section 212-- 6 insert-- 7 `(4) If the application is made under section 187C, the tribunal 8 may make the termination order only if the lessor has been 9 given a reasonable opportunity to be heard in relation to the 10 application.'. 11 Clause 7 Amendment of s 217 (Warrant of possession) 12 Section 217(1)(a), from `to the person'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `to-- 15 (i) if the termination order was made for an 16 application made under section 187C--the lessor; 17 or 18 (ii) otherwise--the person in whose favour the 19 termination order was made; and'. 20
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