Housing Improvement Regulations 2017 (SA)

South Australia Housing Improvement Regulations 2017 under the Housing Improvement Act 2016

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation Part 2—General provisions supporting Act 4 Meaning of owner (section 4 of Act) 5 Recovery of costs and expenses incurred by Minister (section 18 of Act) 6 Termination or variation of prescribed residential tenancy agreement by landlord (section 30 of Act) 7 Orders and notices under this Part to be declared in advertisements for sale or lease of land and in lease agreement (section 32 of Act) Part 3—Prescribed minimum housing standards 8 Purpose of Part 9 General standards 10 Toilet, bathroom, kitchen and laundry areas 11 Water supply and sewerage 12 Electricity and gas 13 Fire safety 14 Hazardous materials 15 Miscellaneous 16 Additional provisions relating to rooming houses Schedule 1—Forms Schedule 2—Transitional provisions Part 2—Transitional provisions 2 Information under repealed Act Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Housing Improvement Regulations 2017. 3—Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the Housing Improvement Act 2016; approval includes consent, permission or authorisation; bedroom means a room used, intended to be used, or reasonably capable of being used, as a bedroom; construction includes alteration; habitable room means a room used, intended to be used, or reasonably capable of being used, as a bedroom, kitchen or dining or living area.

Part 2—General provisions supporting Act 4—Meaning of owner (section 4 of Act) For the purposes of the definition of owner of land in section 4(1)(d) of the Act, land held under a lease granted to the Minister under any of the following Acts is held in prescribed circumstances: (a) the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 2013; (b) the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981; (c) the Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984. 5—Recovery of costs and expenses incurred by Minister (section 18 of Act) (1) For the purposes of section 18(3)(a) of the Act, the prescribed rate of interest per annum on an amount recoverable by the Minister but not paid within the period fixed by the Minister is 24% calculated in respect of each month (or part of a month) for which the amount remains unpaid. (2) For the purposes of section 18(3)(c) of the Act, the prescribed form of notice is as set out in Schedule 1 Form 1. 6—Termination or variation of prescribed residential tenancy agreement by landlord (section 30 of Act) For the purposes of section 30(1) of the Act— (a) the prescribed form for a notice of termination is as set out in Schedule 1 Form 2; (b) the prescribed form for a notice of variation of a prescribed kind (within the meaning of section 30(5) of the Act) is as set out in Schedule 1 Form 3. 7—Orders and notices under this Part to be declared in advertisements for sale or lease of land and in lease agreement (section 32 of Act) For the purposes of section 32(4) of the Act, a lessee's intention not to be bound by the lease must be given to the lessor by notice in writing.