Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 106

106 Rent decreases for matters including loss of amenity or service

(1) This section applies to a rooming accommodation agreement if—

(a) a resident’s room or common areas become partly unfit to live in, or their amenity or standard substantially decreases, other than because of intentional or reckless damage caused by the resident or a guest of the resident; or

(b) a service provided to the resident under the agreement is no longer available or is withdrawn, or the standard of the service substantially decreases, other than because the resident has not met the resident’s obligations under the agreement.

(2) The rent payable under the agreement decreases by the amount, and from the time, agreed between the provider and the resident.

(3) If the provider and the resident can not agree on the amount or time for the decrease, either of them may apply to a tribunal for an order decreasing the rent by a stated amount from a stated time.

(4) On an application under this section a tribunal may make the order it considers appropriate.