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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 142X

Rent payable on termination without notice

    (1)     A resident who vacates a room without giving notice must pay to the rooming house operator the rent for the lesser of the following periods—

        (a)     in the case of a resident who has entered into a fixed term rooming house agreement, 14 days after vacating the room; or

        (b)     in any other case, 2 days after vacating the room; or

        (c)     until another resident takes up occupancy of the room.

Penalty:     25 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the rooming house or room has become unsafe or unfit for human habitation.

S. 142Y inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 237 (as amended by Nos 32/2020 s. 11, 1/2021 s. 95).



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