Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 396A

396A Reletting costs

(1) A rooming accommodation agreement may include a term requiring the resident to pay the reasonable costs incurred by the provider in reletting the resident’s room (
"reletting costs" ) if—

(a) the agreement is for a fixed term; and

(b) the resident is made liable under the term only if the resident ends the agreement other than in a way permitted under this Act; and

(c) the resident’s liability under the term is limited to reasonable costs incurred by the provider in reletting the resident’s room.

(2) A term of a rooming accommodation agreement requiring the resident pay reletting costs—

(a) is void if the term does not comply with subsection (1) ; and

(b) does not apply if after experiencing domestic violence, the resident ended the agreement or the resident’s interest in the agreement under chapter 5 , part 2 , division 3 , subdivision 2A .