Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 (NO. 84 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Application of Act  
   5.      Not applicable to certain agreements  
   6.      Not applicable to certain premises  

   PART II--RESIDENTIAL TENANCY AGREEMENTS

   7.      Standard terms  
   8.      Inconsistent terms void  
   9.      Terms inconsistent with prescribed terms  
   10.     Endorsement—Tribunal  
   11.     Compliance  
   12.     Lessor's obligations  
   13.     Tenant's obligations  
   14.     Agent's obligations  
   15.     Rent or a bond only  
   16.     Alternative to a bond: guarantee or indemnity  
   17.     Alternative to a bond: insurance  
   18.     Holding deposits  
   19.     Copy of agreement to be given to tenant  

   PART III--BONDS

   20.     Maximum amount payable  
   21.     Only 1 bond per tenancy agreement  
   22.     Successive tenancy agreements  
   23.     Deposit of bond by lessor  
   24.     Deposit of bond by tenant  
   25.     Notice accompanying deposit  
   26.     Acknowledgment of receipt of bond money  
   27.     Payment of bond money into trust account  
   28.     Interest  
   29.     Condition reports  
   30.     Evidence of condition of premises  
   31.     Deductions from bond  
   32.     Application for release  
   33.     Notification of application  
   34.     Release where no dispute or where order  
   35.     Disputes as to whole or part of bond  

   PART IV--TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCY AGREEMENTS

   36.     Termination  
   37.     Entry for eviction purposes  
   38.     General duty to mitigate  
   39.     Content of termination and possession orders  
   40.     Content  
   41.     Unconditional orders  
   42.     Conditional orders  
   43.     Breach of prescribed terms  
   44.     Significant hardship  
   45.     Damage, injury or intention to damage or injure  
   46.     False or misleading statements  
   47.     No breach of prescribed terms  
   48.     Certain breaches of prescribed terms  
   49.     Failure to pay rent  
   50.     Significant hardship  
   51.     Damage, injury or intention to damage or injure  
   52.     False or misleading statements  
   53.     Employer-provided accommodation  
   54.     Purported assignment or subletting  
   55.     Repudiation without vacation  
   56.     Compensation to lessor  
   57.     Retaliatory applications  
   58.     Lessor's defective notice where tenant vacates  
   59.     Lessor's defective notice where tenant does not vacate  
   60.     Tenant's defective termination notice  
   61.     Effect of abandonment  
   62.     Abandonment during fixed term  
   63.     Abandonment during periodic agreement  
   64.     (1) A person other than a lessor who, but for section 36, would be entitled to possession of premises, may terminate the residential tenancy agreement relating to the premises by—  

   PART V--RENTAL RATE INCREASES

   65.     Waiver of notice requirements  
   66.     Freezing rents  
   67.     Orders  
   68.     Guideline for orders  
   69.     Effect of orders  
   70.     Further increases  
   71.     Reduction of existing rent  

   PART VI--RESOLUTION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCY DISPUTES

   72.     Assistance with inquiries  
   73.     Applications for resolution of dispute  
   74.     Withdrawal of application  
   75.     Action on receiving applications  
   76.     After failed mediation  
   77.     Considerations for Registrar  
   78.     Referral to Tribunal  
   79.     Approved mediators  
   80.     List of approved mediators  
   81.     Non-attendance at preliminary conferences  
   82.     Representation  
   83.     Taking evidence  
   84.     Agreement at preliminary conference  
   85.     Non-agreement at preliminary conference  
   86.     Referral of questions of law  
   87.     Review of decisions of referee  
   88.     Parties  
   89.     Intervention by Director  
   90.     Hearings  
   91.     Procedure in absence of party  
   92.     Adjournment of proceedings  
   93.     Record of proceedings  
   94.     Inquiries  
   95.     Representation  
   96.     Witnesses  
   97.     Taking evidence  
   98.     Assistance to parties  
   99.     Amendments  
   100.    Costs  
   101.    Renewed hearings  
   102.    Procedural powers of the Tribunal  
   103.    Interim orders  
   104.    Orders  
   105.    Notice of orders  
   106.    Statement of reasons  
   107.    Notice of intention to vacate—award of compensation  
   108.    Failure to comply  
   109.    Orders for payment of money  

   PART VII--RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES TRIBUNAL

   110.    Establishment  
   111.    Constitution  
   112.    Membership  
   113.    Acting President  
   114.    Registrar  
   115.    Jurisdiction  
   116.    Referees  
   117.    Functions and powers  
   118.    President's involvement  
   119.    Deputy Registrars  
   120.    Procedure generally  
   121.    Informality of procedures  
   122.    Contempt in the face of the Tribunal  
   123.    Protection of members etc.  

   PART VIII--REFERRALS AND APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT

   124.    Referral of questions of law  
   125.    Referral of applications  
   126.    Appeal from decisions of the Tribunal  

   PART IX--MISCELLANEOUS

   127.    Death of 1 of more than 2 tenants  
   128.    Purported assignment or subletting  
   129.    Admissibility of evidence  
   130.    False information  
   131.    Proceedings by infants  
   132.    Enforcing agreements by or against children  
   133.    Compliance with approved forms  
   134.    Determined criteria  
   135.    Determined fees  
   136.    Regulations  
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