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RESIDENTIAL TENANCY BILL 25 OF 2009

                                      TASMANIA

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                RESIDENTIAL TENANCY AMENDMENT BILL
                                2009
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                                     CONTENTS
           1.      Short title
           2.      Commencement
           3.      Principal Act
           4.      Section 14 amended (Schedule 3 inserted)




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RESIDENTIAL TENANCY AMENDMENT BILL 2009 (Brought in by the Minister for Corrections and Consumer Protection, the Honourable Lisa Maria Singh) A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act 2005 Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act 2009. 2. Commencement This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent but, if this Act does not receive the Royal Assent before the day on which the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act 2005 commences, this Act is taken to have commenced on the day before that Act commences. [Bill 25] 3

 


 

Residential Tenancy Amendment Act 2009 Act No. of s. 3 3. Principal Act In this Act, the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act 2005* is referred to as the Principal Act. 4. Section 14 amended (Schedule 3 inserted) Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 and substituting the following clauses: 2. Application of former Act to existing security deposit If immediately before the commencement day an owner holds a security deposit in respect of a pre- existing residential tenancy agreement, the former Act continues to apply to all matters concerning or relating to the security deposit as if the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act 2005 had not been enacted. 3. Disputes and appeals under former Act The former Act continues to apply - (a) in respect of a dispute under section 28 of the former Act in relation to the amount of the security deposit returned to the tenant by the owner after the termination of a pre-existing *No. 59 of 2005 4

 


 

Residential Tenancy Amendment Act 2009 Act No. of s. 4 residential tenancy agreement; and (b) in respect of an appeal from the determination of the Commissioner under section 29 of the former Act relating to any such dispute. Government Printer, Tasmania 5

 


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