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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 207N

Tribunal orders

    (1)     On an application under section 207M(1)(a) , if satisfied as to the matters set out in subsection (1B), the Tribunal may make an order terminating the existing site agreement for the Part 4A site.

    (1A)     On an application under section 207M(1)(b), if satisfied as to the matters set out in subsection (2), the Tribunal may make an order—

        (a)     terminating the existing site agreement for the Part 4A site; and

        (b)     requiring the site owner to enter into a new site agreement for the Part 4A site with the person and other persons (if any) referred to in the application.

    (1B)     For the purposes of subsection (1), the matters are—

        (a)     the specified person or that person's dependent children would be likely to suffer severe hardship if the site agreement for the Part 4A site were not terminated; and

        (b)     the hardship suffered by the specified persons would be greater than any hardship the site owner would suffer if the order were made; and

        (c)     if a site tenant is excluded from the Part 4A dwelling under a family violence safety notice, family violence intervention order, recognised non-local DVO or personal safety intervention order, it is reasonable to do so given the length of the exclusion under the notice or order and the length of the existing site agreement for the Part 4A site; and

        (d)     it is reasonable to do so given the interests of any other site tenants (other than any excluded site tenant) under the existing site agreement for the Part 4A site and, in particular, whether the other site tenants support the specified person's application.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1A), the matters are—

        (a)     the specified person and other persons (if any) could reasonably be expected to comply with the duties of a site tenant under a site agreement; and

        (b)     the specified person or that person's dependent children would be likely to suffer severe hardship if the specified person were compelled to leave the Part 4A dwelling; and

        (c)     the hardship suffered by the specified person would be greater than any hardship the site owner would suffer if the order were made; and

        (d)     if a site tenant is excluded from the Part 4A dwelling under a family violence safety notice, family violence intervention order, recognised non-local DVO or personal safety intervention order, it is reasonable to do so given the length of the exclusion under the notice or order and the length of the existing site agreement; and

        (e)     it is reasonable to do so given the interests of any other site tenants (other than any excluded site tenants) under the existing site agreement and, in particular, whether the other site tenants support the specified person's application.

    (3)     In determining an application under section 207M(1), the Tribunal must take into account the following matters in relation to family violence or personal violence

        (a)     whether an application for a family violence safety notice, family violence intervention order, non-local DVO or personal safety intervention order has been made by or in respect of the specified person;

        (b)     if an application for a family violence safety notice, family violence intervention order, non-local DVO or personal safety intervention order has been made by or in respect of the specified person

              (i)     whether there is a family violence safety notice, family violence intervention order, recognised non-local DVO or personal safety intervention order in effect; and

              (ii)     if there is a notice or an order in effect, whether a site tenant is excluded from the Part 4A dwelling under the notice or order;

        (c)     the ownership of the Part 4A dwelling;

        (d)     any prescribed matters;

        (e)     any other matter the Tribunal considers relevant.

    (4)     If the Tribunal makes an order under subsection (1A), the new site agreement must—

        (a)     be subject to the same rent and frequency of rent payments as the existing site agreement; and

        (b)     if the existing site agreement is for a fixed term, run for a term not longer than the remainder of that fixed term; and

        (c)     otherwise, be on the same terms and conditions as the existing site agreement, subject to any changes the Tribunal determines.

    (5)     If the Tribunal makes an order under subsection (1), the Tribunal must specify the date on which the site agreement terminates.

    (6)     If the Tribunal makes an order under subsection (1A), the existing site agreement is terminated on the signing of the new agreement.

    (7)     If the Tribunal makes an order under subsection (1) or (1A), it may also make the following orders—

        (a)     an order that the site owner or that person's agent must ensure that the specified person has access to the Part 4A dwelling to remove the person's goods;

        (b)     an order that the site owner or that person's agent must not list information about the specified person on a residential tenancy database within the meaning of Part 10A.

    (8)     In this section—

"specified person" means a person specified in  section 207M(2).

S. 207O inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 239 (as amended by No. 1/2021 s. 97).



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