Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 86

    (1)     A party to a hearing must not fail to comply with an order of the ACAT.

    (2)     If a person contravenes subsection (1), the ACAT may order the person to pay a stated amount (not more than $5 000) to the Territory.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person contravenes subsection (1) (the first contravention ); and

        (b)     the ACAT makes an order under subsection (2) in relation to the first contravention; and

        (c)     within 1 year immediately after the day the first contravention happens, the person again contravenes subsection (1) (the subsequent contravention ); and

        (d)     the first and subsequent contraventions are not against orders arising from the same proceeding.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (4)     Subsection (3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse for the first or subsequent contravention.