Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 433A

433A Particular applications to be heard in private

(1) A proceeding before the tribunal about an application made to the tribunal must be held in private if—

(a) the application is made under section 245 or 321 ; or

(b) the application is made under section 312 and the applicant is the domestic associate of the other cotenant or another cotenant; or

(c) the application is made under section 323 and the applicant is the domestic associate of the tenant.

(2) In this section—

"domestic associate" means a person in any of the following relationships—

(a) an intimate personal relationship;

(b) a family relationship;

(c) an informal care relationship.

(3) A term used in subsection (2) (a) to (c) has the same meaning as in the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and a reference in that Act to a court deciding whether a relationship exists includes a reference to the tribunal deciding that issue for this section.