Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 554

554 Notices given, and proceedings started, by the State

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the State gives a tenant a notice or starts a proceeding under this Act in relation to an existing State tenancy agreement; and

(b) the existing State tenancy agreement is terminated under section 527C(2)(a); and

(c) at the time the existing State tenancy agreement is terminated, an action is pending under the notice or proceeding.

(2) The replacement lessor—

(a) is taken to have given the notice or started the proceeding; and

(b) may continue action under this Act against the tenant in relation to the notice or proceeding in place of the State.

(3) The action continues in relation to the existing State tenancy agreement despite its termination under section 527C(2)(a).