Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 433

433 Relevant matters for deciding whether a person is a boarder or lodger

(1) Subsection (2) applies if, in relation to an application for an order under this Act, the tribunal is required to decide whether a person is a boarder or a lodger.

(2) The tribunal must have regard to the following—

(a) the extent to which the person has control over premises;

(b) the extent to which another person, receiving an amount from the person for the right to reside at the premises, has control of the premises;

(c) whether another person, receiving an amount from the person for the right to reside at the premises, also resides at the premises;

(d) the provision of services to the person;

(e) whether the person shares facilities, including the bathroom and kitchen facilities;

(f) anything else the tribunal considers relevant.