Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 77

77 Written agreement required

(1) A provider or provider’s agent must ensure a rooming accommodation agreement entered into with a resident is in writing to the extent, and in the way, required by this section.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) The written agreement must include—

(a) the standard terms for the agreement; and

(b) any special terms of the agreement; and

(c) the day the rent for the resident’s room was last increased, within the meaning of section 105B , at the time the agreement is entered into.

(2A) However, subsection (2) (c) does not apply if the provider is an exempt provider.

(3) If, for a standard term to be effective, the term requires stated information to be included in it (including, for example, the names of the parties and a description of the rental premises), the agreement is taken to include the standard term only if the information is properly included.

(4) The agreement must—

(a) be written in a clear and precise way; and

(b) state the provider’s name, address and any telephone number and the resident’s name and any telephone number; and

(c) fully describe the services to be provided under the agreement; and

(d) state the amount of rent payable, when it is payable and how it must be paid; and

(e) state the components of the rent attributable to accommodation, a food service, a personal care service or another service; and

(f) state the amount of any rental bond payable; and

(g) for a fixed term agreement, state the term for which it applies; and

(h) be signed by the parties; and

(i) comply with any other requirement prescribed under a regulation.

(5) The costs of preparing the agreement are payable by the provider.