Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 321

321 Application by tenant’s domestic associate for termination for damage or injury

(1) The domestic associate of the tenant occupying the premises with the tenant may apply to a tribunal for a termination order because the tenant—

(a) has intentionally or recklessly caused, or is likely to intentionally or recklessly cause, serious damage to the premises; or

(b) has committed domestic violence against the domestic associate.

(2) In this section—

"domestic associate" means a person in any of the following relationships—

(a) an intimate personal relationship;

(b) a family relationship;

(c) an informal care relationship.

(3) A term used in subsection (2) (a) to (c) has the same meaning as in the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and a reference in that Act to a court deciding whether a relationship exists includes a reference to the tribunal deciding that issue for this section.