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HOUSING ACT 1982 - SECT 28YB

Effect of agreement

    (1)     If an agreement is entered into under section 28Y , this section applies in relation to the premises specified in the agreement (the CHP premises ).

    (2)     A public housing safety officer may exercise any of the powers conferred by the applied provisions in relation to the CHP premises as if:

        (a)     a reference in the applied provisions to public housing premises includes a reference to:

            (i)     the CHP premises; and

            (ii)     if the CHP premises are a unit, apartment, flat or townhouse in a social housing development – any common property or common areas in the development; and

        (b)     a reference in the applied provisions to the tenant of the public housing premises includes a reference to the person specified in the lease for the CHP premises as the tenant of the CHP premises; and

        (c)     a reference in the applied provisions to a recognised occupier of premises includes a reference to someone whom the tenant of the CHP premises has notified the landlord, in writing, is or will be occupying the CHP premises if the landlord has made a notation in relation to the lease about the occupancy.

    (3)     In exercising a power in relation to the CHP premises under subsection (2), the public housing safety officer is subject to the same limitations and requirements that would be applicable in relation to the exercise of the power by the officer in relation to public housing premises.

    (4)     Part 6 applies in relation to any decision made by the public housing safety officer in relation to the CHP premises as if a reference in Part 6 to public housing premises includes a reference to:

        (a)     the CHP premises; and

        (b)     if the CHP premises are a unit, apartment, flat or townhouse in a social housing development – any common property or common areas in the development.

    (5)     In this section:

"applied provisions" means the following:

        (a)     Part 5, Division 3;

        (b)     Part 7, Division 2.

"social housing development "means a building development consisting of:

        (a)     units for which a community housing provider is the registered proprietor, or lessee, of all units in the development; or

        (b)     apartments, flats or townhouses (but not units) for which a community housing provider is the registered proprietor or lessee of the lot on which the building development is situated.



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