Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 356

356 Dispute about abandonment termination notice

(1) If the tenant disputes an abandonment termination notice, the tenant may apply to a tribunal for an order—

(a) setting aside the notice; or

(b) for compensation.

(2) The application must be made within 28 days after the notice is given.

(3) On an application under this section, the tribunal may—

(a) if the application was made within 7 days after the notice was given—make an order setting aside the notice; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—make any of the following orders—

(i) an order terminating the agreement;

(ii) an order requiring the lessor to pay to the tenant the amount stated by the tribunal as compensation for loss or expense incurred by the tenant because of the termination of the agreement;

(iii) any other order it considers appropriate.