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RESIDENTIAL TENANCY BILL 25 OF 2009

                    CLAUSE NOTES

    THE RESIDENTIAL TENANCY AMENDMENT BILL 2009

Clause 1   Short Title
           The Act is to be cited as the Residential Tenancy
           Amendment Bill 2009


Clause 2   Commencement
           This Act commences on the day on which it receives
           Royal Assent or on the day before the Residential
           Tenancy Amendment Act 2005 commences, whichever
           occurs first.

           This provision ensures that this Act commences before
           the commencement of the Residential Tenancy
           Amendment Act 2005.

Clause 3   Principal Act
           The Principal Act is         the    Residential   Tenancy
           Amendment Act 2005.

Clause 4   Section 14 amended (Schedule 3 inserted)

           Amends section 14 of the Principal Act ­ omits clauses
           2, 3,4 and 5 of Schedule 3 and:

              ·   substitutes a new clause 2 of Schedule 3 which
                  provides that security deposits held by owners in
                  respect of a `pre-existing residential tenancy
                  agreement' (ie. those taken before the 1 July 2009
                  commencement date) need not be paid into the
                  Rental Deposit Authority.

              ·   Substitutes a new clause 3 of Schedule 3 which
                  ensures that the existing powers of the Residential
                  Tenancy Commissioner to determine disputes and
                  the right of appeal under the Residential Tenancy Act
                  1997 continue to apply to pre-existing residential
                  tenancy agreements (ie. those taken before the 1
                  July 2009 commencement date).
 
 

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