Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 395

395 Money given to public trustee

(1) This section applies if a provider gives an amount to the public trustee under section 392 or 393 .

(2) The public trustee must pay the amount into the unclaimed moneys fund kept under the Public Trustee Act 1978 .

(3) The public trustee may, on application by the provider, pay an amount to the provider from the fund—

(a) in payment of the reasonable expenses incurred by the provider under this division relating to the lost property; or

(b) in payment of any outstanding amount owed by the former resident under the rooming accommodation agreement.

(4) On application made to a tribunal by the provider, the tribunal may make an order conferring on the provider an entitlement to receive, from the fund, an amount mentioned in subsection (3) (a) or (b) .

(5) An amount paid by the public trustee under subsection (3) or an amount to which an order relates under subsection (4) may not be more than the amount given to the public trustee under section 392 or 393 .