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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES REGULATIONS 1989 - REG 5B

5B .         Exemptions from section 30(1) of Act

        (1)         In this regulation —

        Government employee has the meaning given in the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 section 5.

        (2A)         Under section 6(a) of the Act it is provided that section 30(1) of the Act shall not apply to the following —

            (a)         a residential tenancy agreement if —

                  (i)         the lessor is an employer specified in the Table to this subregulation; and

                  (ii)         an employee of an employer specified in the Table to this subregulation is a tenant under that agreement;

            (b)         a residential tenancy agreement if —

                  (i)         the lessor is the Housing Authority or a Department (as defined in the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 section 5); and

                  (ii)         the premises are let to a Government employee under the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 .

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The Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation

The Electricity Networks Corporation

The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia

The Regional Power Corporation

        (2)         The premises set out in the Table to this subregulation are prescribed under section 6(b) of the Act as premises to which section 30(1) of the Act shall not apply.

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“Butler’s Cottage”, Government House, 7‑21 St. George’s Terrace, Perth

        (3)         The agencies set out in the Table to this subregulation are prescribed under section 6(c) of the Act as agencies to which section 30(1) of the Act shall not apply.

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The Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority

The Commissioner of Main Roads

The department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Agriculture Act 1988  2

The department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Sports Drug Testing Act 2001

The Housing Authority

The Western Australian Meat Industry Authority

        (4)         A residential tenancy agreement — 

            (a)         in which the Crown, or a person or agency who acts on behalf of the Crown, acts in the capacity of the lessor of residential premises; and

            (b)         under which an officer of the Public Service employed in a department specified in the Table to this subregulation is a tenant,

                is prescribed under section 6(a) of the Act as a residential tenancy agreement to which section 30(1) of the Act shall not apply.

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The department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Health Legislation Administration Act 1984

        [Regulation 5B inserted: Gazette 6 Apr 1990 p. 1701; erratum: Gazette 12 Apr 1990 p. 1907; amended: Gazette 14 Jun 1991 p. 2872‑3; 13 Dec 1991 p. 6153; 31 Mar 2006 p. 1351-2; 31 Jul 2007 p. 3791; 3 May 2013 p. 1742-3; 27 Dec 2013 p. 6478.]



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