Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 170

170 Charge for utility service

(1) This section applies to the amounts payable by a provider, as the owner or occupier of rental premises, for utility services provided to the premises.

(2) A provision of a rooming accommodation agreement requiring the resident to pay an amount for a utility service is of no effect unless—

(a) the resident’s room is separately metered for the utility service by an appliance approved by the supplying entity; and

(b) the amount the resident is required to pay is not more than the amount that the provider is charged by the supplying entity for the utility service used by the resident.

(3) If the rooming accommodation agreement requires the resident to pay an amount for a utility service, the provider must give the resident a copy of a document issued by the supplying entity showing the amount charged by the entity for the utility service.

(4) The provider must comply with subsection (3) within 4 weeks after the provider receives the document.

(5) Despite subsection (2) , the resident is not required to pay an amount for the utility service if the resident has not received the document mentioned in subsection (3) .

(6) In this section—

"utility service" , provided to premises, means—

(a) electricity, gas or water supplied to the premises; or

(b) water fit for human consumption supplied to the premises by delivery by means of a vehicle; or

(c) another service supplied to the premises, or facility used at the premises, prescribed under a regulation.