Western Australian Numbered Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO. 60 OF 2011) - SECT 5

5 .         Section 3 amended

        (1)         In section 3 delete the definitions of:

owner

tenant

        (2)         In section 3 insert in alphabetical order:

        bond means a security bond or a tenant compensation bond;

        bond administrator means the Commissioner as defined in the Fair Trading Act 2010 section 6;

        expiry day , in relation to a residential tenancy agreement that creates a tenancy for a fixed term, means the day on which the residential tenancy agreement would (but for the operation of this Act) upon its terms have terminated by effluxion of time or the happening of an event;

        lessor  —

            (a)         means a person who grants the right to occupy residential premises under a residential tenancy agreement; and

            (b)         includes —

                  (i)         a personal representative, successor or assignee of a lessor; and

                  (ii)         where the context requires, a prospective, or former, lessor;

        property manager means a person who is —

            (a)         licensed under the Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978 ; and

            (b)         in relation to a residential tenancy agreement, the agent of the lessor of the premises to which the agreement relates;

        reasonable grounds , for suspecting that a tenant has abandoned residential premises, means that the tenant has failed to pay rent under the residential tenancy agreement and that at least one of the following has occurred —

            (a)         the presence at the premises of uncollected mail, newspapers or other material;

            (b)         reports from neighbours of the tenant or from other persons indicating the tenant has abandoned the premises;

            (c)         the absence of household goods at the premises;

            (d)         the disconnection of services (including gas, electricity and telephone) to the premises;

        Rental Accommodation Account means the Rental Accommodation Account established under Schedule 1 clause 3;

        tenant  —

            (a)         means a person who is granted a right of occupancy of residential premises under a residential tenancy agreement; and

            (b)         includes, where the context requires, a prospective, or former, tenant;

        tenant compensation bond means a bond referred to in section 59D(2).

        (3)         In section 3 in the definition of residential tenancy agreement before “whether express” insert:

                whether or not in writing and

        (4)         In section 3 in the definition of security bond delete “his” and insert:

                the tenant’s