Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 219A

219A Lessor’s agent may arrange for emergency repairs to be made

(1) The lessor’s agent may arrange for a suitably qualified person to carry out emergency repairs to the premises or inclusions if the repairs are not likely to cost more than the emergency repair limit for the residential tenancy agreement.

(2) If the lessor’s agent acts under subsection (1) and pays for the emergency repairs, the agent may make deductions from payments of rent, up to the cost of the repairs, before disbursement of the payments to the lessor’s account.

(3) If the lessor’s agent acts under subsection (1) or (2) , the agent must inform the lessor of the action as soon as practicable after taking it.

(4) In this section—

"emergency repair limit" , for a residential tenancy agreement, means an amount equal to the amount payable under the agreement for 4 weeks rent.