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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 253
Resident’s obligations generally
253 Resident’s obligations generally
(1) A resident in rental premises has the following obligations— (a) to use
the resident’s room and common areas only or mainly as a place of residence;
(b) not to use the resident’s room or common areas for an illegal purpose;
(c) not to interfere with, and to ensure the resident’s guests do not
interfere with, the reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of another resident
or another resident’s appropriate use of the other resident’s room or
common areas;
(d) to pay the rent when it falls due;
(e) not to keep an
animal on the rental premises without an authorisation under section 256B ;
(f) not to intentionally or recklessly damage or destroy, or allow the
resident’s guests to intentionally or recklessly damage or destroy, any part
of the rental premises or a facility in the rental premises;
(g) to keep the
resident’s room and inclusions clean, having regard to their condition at
the start of the rooming accommodation agreement;
(h) to maintain the
resident’s room in a condition that does not give rise to a fire or health
hazard; Examples of fire hazard— 1 allowing newspapers to build up in the
resident’s room
2 blocking access to the resident’s room
(i) at the
end of the rooming accommodation agreement, to leave the resident’s room and
inclusions, as far as possible, in the same condition they were in at the
start of the agreement, fair wear and tear excepted. Note— Under section 72
, these and other obligations under this part are taken to be included as
terms of the rooming accommodation agreement.
(2) However, the resident’s
obligations under subsection (1) do not apply to the extent the obligations
would have the effect of requiring the resident to repair, or compensate the
provider for, damage to the resident’s room or inclusions caused by an act
of domestic violence experienced by the resident.
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