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RESIDENTIAL PARKS (LONG-STAY TENANTS) ACT 2006 (NO. 32 OF 2006)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   PART 1 -- Preliminary matters  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Glossary of terms used in this Act  
   4.      Crown bound  
   5.      Meaning of “long-stay agreement”  
   6.      Application of Act to long-stay agreements  
   7.      Application of Act to periodic long-stay agreements  
   8.      Operation of this Act in relation to other written laws  
   9.      Contracting out  

   PART 2 -- Long-stay agreement  

           Division 1 -- General matters  

   10.     Form of long-stay agreements  
   11.     Information for prospective long-stay tenants  
   12.     Restrictions on charges payable by long-stay tenants  
   13.     Restriction on letting fees payable to real estate agent  
   14.     Cost of preparing long-stay agreement  
   15.     Disclosure of park operator’s particulars to tenant  
   16.     Disclosure of tenant’s particulars to park operator  
   17.     Tenant’s copy of long-stay agreement  
   18.     Cooling off period  
   19.     Recovery of amounts paid under a mistake of law or fact  
   20.     Children living on agreed premises  

           Division 2 -- Security bonds  

   21.     Security bonds  
   22.     Payment of bond to bond administrator or trust account  
   23.     Keeping security bond records  
   24.     Increase in security bond  

           Division 3 -- Rent  

   25.     Rent in advance  
   26.     Written receipts for rent  
   27.     Requiring post-dated cheques prohibited  
   28.     Rent records kept by park operator  
   29.     Apportionment of rent  
   30.     Variation of rent under on-site home agreement  
   31.     Variation of rent on the basis of current market rent  

           Division 4 -- Terms of long-stay agreements  

   32.     Terms of long-stay agreements -- Schedule 1  

   PART 3 -- Termination of long-stay agreements  

           Division 1 -- Termination of agreements generally  

   33.     How long-stay agreements are terminated  
   34.     Terms of continued long-stay agreement  
   35.     Withholding rent in anticipation of release of security bond  
   36.     Failure to give vacant possession at end of fixed term  
   37.     Form of default notice  
   38.     Form of notice of termination  

           Division 2 -- Notice of termination by park operator  

   39.     Termination by park operator for non-payment of rent  
   40.     Termination by park operator for other breaches  
   41.     Termination if vacant possession required on sale of park  
   42.     Termination by park operator without grounds  
   43.     Notice not waived by acceptance of rent  

           Division 3 -- Notice of termination by tenant  

   44.     Termination by tenant without grounds  

           Division 4 -- Notice of termination by park operator or tenant -- agreement frustrated  

   45.     Termination if agreement frustrated  

           Division 5 -- Compensation  

   46.     When long-stay tenant is entitled to compensation  
   47.     When is a park operator entitled to compensation  

           Division 6 -- Abandoned goods  

   48.     Disposing of goods abandoned by tenant  
   49.     Tenant’s right to reclaim abandoned goods put into storage  
   50.     Title acquired by purchaser of abandoned goods  
   51.     Park operator’s liability for abandoned goods  
   52.     Disposition of proceeds of sale of abandoned goods  

           Division 7 -- Miscellaneous provisions  

   53.     Duty of mitigation following breach of agreement  
   54.     No recovery of vacant possession during tenancy period  

   PART 4 -- Other matters related to residential parks  

           Division 1 -- Sale of relocatable homes on site  

   55.     Long-stay tenant’s right to sell relocatable home on site  
   56.     Park operator’s obligations  
   57.     When park operator acts as agent in sale on site  
   58.     Park operator’s authority to act as selling agent  

           Division 2 -- Park liaison committees  

   59.     Establishment of park liaison committee  
   60.     Constitution of park liaison committee  
   61.     Functions of a park liaison committee  

   PART 5 -- State Administrative Tribunal powers  

           Division 1 -- General provisions  

   62.     Breaches of agreement and other disputes  
   63.     Orders for reduction of rent  
   64.     Orders when premises abandoned by tenant  
   65.     Determination of compensation payable to long-stay tenant  

           Division 2 -- Orders relating to vacant possession  

   66.     Orders for vacant possession if rent not paid  
   67.     Orders for vacant possession at end of fixed term  
   68.     Orders for vacant possession on other grounds  
   69.     Orders for compensation to park operator for holding over  
   70.     Tenant’s protection against holder of superior title  

           Division 3 -- Orders relating to termination of agreements  

   71.     Orders to terminate agreement if tenant is causing damage or injury  
   72.     Orders to terminate agreement for breach by park operator  
   73.     Termination on grounds of hardship to park operator  
   74.     Tribunal’s power during fair rent proceedings  

           Division 4 -- Orders relating to abandoned goods  

   75.     Disposing of proceeds of sale of abandoned goods  
   76.     Park operator’s claim if sale proceeds insufficient  
   77.     Recovery by owner of value of goods sold  

           Division 5 -- Miscellaneous provisions  

   78.     Meaning of “original party” in this Division  
   79.     Proceedings instituted or defended by Commissioner  
   80.     Evidence in proceedings undertaken by Commissioner  
   81.     Conduct of legal proceedings by Commissioner  
   82.     Orders exempting persons from the operation of this Act  
   83.     Payment of costs and other amounts  

   PART 6 -- Other matters  

   84.     Commissioner  
   85.     The Commissioner’s functions  
   86.     Delegation by Commissioner  
   87.     Information officially obtained to be confidential  
   88.     Protection from liability for wrongdoing  
   89.     Judicial notice  
   90.     Time for commencement of offence proceedings  
   91.     Service of documents  
   92.     Terms on which ADI holds security bond amounts  
   93.     Information from ADI about tenancy bond accounts  
   94.     Responsibilities of bond administrator  
   95.     Regulations  
   96.      Review of the Act  
   97.     Transitional provisions  
   98.     Consequential amendments  
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Terms of long-stay agreements  
           SCHEDULE
           

[Assented to 4 July 2006]

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