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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 108

Seizure of resident’s goods for rent etc.

108 Seizure of resident’s goods for rent etc.

(1) A person must not seize or dispose of a resident’s property as security for, or in payment of, any of the following—
(a) rent payable under the rooming accommodation agreement;
(b) an amount payable to the provider, or at the provider’s direction, in reimbursement of an amount that was payable by the resident under the rooming accommodation agreement but was paid by the provider for the resident;
(c) a claim for loss or damage caused by the resident’s breach of the rooming accommodation agreement.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to the deduction of an amount under section 392 (4) or the seizure or disposal of property under section 393 or an enforcement warrant.



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