Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 323

323 Application for interim order about damage or injury

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the domestic associate of the tenant, or an occupant of the premises, makes an application to a tribunal for a termination order for damage or injury; and

(b) the applicant believes on reasonable grounds the tenant is likely to cause further damage or injury for which a termination order could be sought.

(2) The applicant may apply to a tribunal for an order to restrain the tenant from causing the further damage or injury.

(3) 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.

(4) A term used in subsection (3) (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.