Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 420

420 Orders about breach of agreements

(1) If an application about a breach of a residential tenancy agreement or a rooming accommodation agreement is made to a tribunal, the tribunal may make any 1 or more of the following orders—

(a) an order restraining any action in breach of the agreement;

(b) an order for the payment of money;

(c) an order requiring an action in performance of the agreement;

(d) an order that a party to the agreement perform the work, or take the steps, stated in the order to remedy a breach of the agreement;

(e) an order for compensation;

(f) an order requiring payment of all or part of the rent under the agreement to the tribunal until—

(i) the whole or part of the agreement has been performed; or

(ii) an application for compensation has been decided;

(g) an order requiring payment (from rent paid to the tribunal) towards—

(i) the cost of remedying a breach of the agreement; or

(ii) an amount for compensation.

(2) An order under subsection (1) (a) may be made even if it provides a remedy in the nature of an injunction or order for specific performance in circumstances where the remedy would not otherwise be available.

(3) An order under subsection (1) (e) in favour of a lessor in relation to the reletting of premises must not be made for an amount that is more than the reletting costs.