Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 136D

136D Tribunal order about payment of rental bond

(1) This section applies if, under section 136B , an interested person applies to the tribunal for an order about the payment of a rental bond.

(2) The tribunal may make any order about payment of the rental bond the tribunal considers appropriate having regard to—

(a) for a residential tenancy agreement—

(i) the efforts made by the tenant to comply with the tenant’s obligation under section 188 (4) ; and

(ii) the lessor and tenant’s compliance with this Act for the agreement; and

(iii) the evidence supporting any claim on all or part of the rental bond; or

(b) for a rooming accommodation agreement—

(i) the efforts made by the resident to comply with the resident’s obligation under section 253 (i) ; and

(ii) the provider and resident’s compliance with this Act for the agreement; and

(iii) the evidence supporting any claim on all or part of the rental bond.

(3) However, the tribunal’s order must not have the effect of penalising a tenant or resident for any damage, caused by an act of domestic violence committed against the tenant or resident, to—

(a) for a residential tenancy agreement—the premises or inclusions; or

(b) for a rooming accommodation agreement—the resident’s room or inclusions.