Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 76

76 .         Compensation to lessor for holding over

        (1)         Where a tenant fails to comply with an order for possession made by a court under this Part, the lessor shall be entitled to compensation for any loss caused by that failure.

        (2)         A competent court may, upon application by the lessor, order the tenant to pay to the lessor any compensation to which the lessor is entitled under this section.

        [Section 76 amended: No. 50 of 1988 s. 18; No. 59 of 2004 s. 120(1) and (3); No. 60 of 2011 s. 89.]