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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 106

Rent must be reduced if services are reduced

S. 106(1) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 355(5).

    (1)     If a rooming house ceases to provide services to a resident, the rooming house operator must reduce the rent by—

        (a)     the amount agreed between them; or

        (b)     an amount determined by the Tribunal in the absence of any agreement on an application by either party.

S. 106(2) inserted by No. 45/2002 s. 35.

    (2)     If the Tribunal determines an amount under subsection (1)(b), it may also order that—

S. 106(2)(a) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 355(6)(a).

        (a)     the reduction in rent is to take effect from the time the rooming house operator ceased to provide services to the resident; and

S. 106(2)(b) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 355(6)(b).

        (b)     the rooming house operator is to refund to the resident any excess rent paid by the resident from the time the rooming house operator ceased to provide services until the date of the order.

S. 106A inserted by No. 63/2005 s. 13, amended by No. 45/2018 s. 355(7).



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