Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997, the Fair Trading Inspectors Act 2014, the Local Government Act 2009, the Property Occupations Act 2014, the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 and the legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024.

2 Commencement (1) The following provisions commence on 1 July 2024— (a) part 3, division 3; (b) schedule 1, part 2. (2) Part 3, divisions 2 and 4 commence 1 year after the date of assent. (3) Part 2, division 3 commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2 Amendment of Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008

Division 1 Preliminary

3 Act amended This part amends the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008.

Division 2 Amendments commencing on assent

4 Amendment of s 29 (Act applies to certain residential tenancy agreements etc.) Section 29(2), example 3— omit, insert— 3 Under sections 32 and 44A, this Act generally does not apply to an agreement if the tenant or resident is a boarder or lodger.

5 Amendment of s 44 (Rooming accommodation agreements to which Act does not apply) Section 44(3)— omit, insert— (3) Despite subsection (1), if a rental bond is paid for rooming accommodation mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (f), the provisions of this Act about rental bonds apply to the agreement.

6 Insertion of new s 44A After section 44— insert—

44A Boarders and lodgers (1) This Act does not apply to a rooming accommodation agreement if the resident is a boarder or lodger. (2) However, if a rental bond is paid for a rooming accommodation agreement under which the resident is a boarder or lodger, the provisions of this Act about rental bonds apply to the agreement. Note— See section 433 for the matters to which the tribunal must have regard in deciding whether a person is a boarder or lodger.