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2010 No
119
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30C
2011 No
27
2011 No
62
2012 No
42
2012 No
95
2013 No
47
2012 No
592013 No
95
2013 No
111
2014 No
33
2014 No
88
2013 No
97
2015 No
34
2016 No
27
2016 No
55
2016 No
60
2017 No
25
2017 No
22
2017 No
17
2018 No
45
2018 No
65
2018 No
582018 No
79
2018 No
79
2019 No
23
2018 No 52018 No 58
2020 No
1
2019 No
23
2020 No
5
2018 No
79
2020 No
25
2019 No
232020 No
30
2010 No 422021 No
5
2022 No 59
2023 No 9
2023 No 7
2023 No
9
This Act has been amended by sec 30C of the
Interpretation Act 1987 No
15.
Residential Tenancies Act 2010 No 42
date of commencement, 31.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (658) LW
3.12.2010
amended by sec 230 of this Act
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2010 No 119
date of commencement of Sch 1.28, 7.1.2011, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011
No 27
date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2011 No 62
date of commencement of Sch 1, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012
No 42
date of commencement of Sch 1.25, 6.7.2012, sec 2 (1)
Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act
2012 No 59
date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1) and 2013 (674) LW
6.12.2013
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2012 No 95
date of commencement of Sch 1.16, 4.1.2013, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013
No 47
date of commencement of Sch 1.26, 5.7.2013, sec 2 (1)
Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment)
Act 2013 No 95
date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1)
Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013 No
97
date of commencement, 1.11.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (446) LW
7.8.2015
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2013 No 111
date of commencement of Sch 3.24, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014
No 33
date of commencement of Sch 1.14, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2014 No 88
date of commencement of Sch 1.24, 8.1.2015, sec 2 (1)
Residential Tenancies and Housing Legislation Amendment
(Public Housing—Antisocial Behaviour) Act 2015 No
34
date of commencement, 18.12.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (799) LW
18.12.2015
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016
No 27
date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.7.2016, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2016 No 55
date of commencement of Sch 1.27, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1)
Regulatory and Other Legislation (Amendments and Repeals)
Act 2016 No 60
date of commencement of Sch 2.7, 30.1.2017, sec 2 (2) and 2016 (744) LW
9.12.2016
Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No
17
date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW
1.6.2018
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017
No 22
date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3)
Electronic Transactions Legislation Amendment (Government
Transactions) Act 2017 No 25
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Property
Industry Reform) Act 2018 No 5
date of commencement of Sch 2.13, 23.3.2020, sec 2 and 2019 (625) LW
16.12.2019
Residential Tenancies Amendment (Social Housing) Act
2018 No 45
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Residential Tenancies Amendment (Review) Act
2018 No 58
date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] (other than to the extent that it
inserts the definition of domestic violence
offence), [2]–[10], [12]–[29], [31], [32],
[34]–[36], [39] and [40], 23.3.2020, sec 2 and 2019 (626) LW
16.12.2019
date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] (to the extent that it inserts the
definition of domestic
violence offence), [11], [33], [37] and [38], 28.2.2019, sec
2 and 2018 (774) LW 21.12.2018
date of commencement of Sch 1 [30], 28.2.2019, sec 2 and 2019 (116) LW
28.2.2019
Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act
2018 No 65
date of commencement of Sch 7.13, assent, sec 2 (1)
Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act
2018 No 79
date of commencement of Sch 1, 28.2.2019, sec 2 and 2019 (113) LW
28.2.2019
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2019, sec 2 and 2019 (114) LW
28.2.2019
date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.7.2020, sec 2
The amendment made by Sch 3.7[1] was without effect as the provision
being amended was substituted by the Residential Tenancies
Amendment (Review) Act 2018
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2019
No 23
date of commencement of Sch 1.10[1], 10.4.2020, sec 2(2) and 2020 (85) LW
13.3.2020
date of commencement of Sch 1.10[2]–[8] and [10]–[15],
assent, sec 2(1)
date of commencement of Sch 1.10[9], 11.12.2020, sec 2(2) and 2020 (712)
LW 11.12.2020
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020
No 30
date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3)
COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act
2020 No 1
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency
Measures—Miscellaneous) Act 2020 No 5
date of commencement of Sch 1.28, assent, sec 2(1)
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2020
No 25
date of commencement of Schs 2.8, 5.1 and 7.4, assent, sec
2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020
No 30
date of commencement of Schs 1.40 and 2.34, 11.12.2020, sec
2(3)
COVID-19 Recovery Act 2021 No 5
date of commencement of Sch 1.24, 26.3.2021, sec 2(2) and sec 230 of this
Act and cl 41E of the Residential Tenancies
Regulation 2019 (629)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2022 No 59
date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023
No 7
date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2
Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rental Fairness) Act
2023 No 9
date of commencement of Sch 1[1], 3.8.2023, sec 2(a) and 2023 (409) LW
28.7.2023
date of commencement of Sch 1[2]–[4], assent, sec
2(b)
1History
notes
Sec 3
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [1]
[2]; 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12 [1]; 2013 No 111, Sch 3.24 [1]; 2016 No 27, Sch 2.40
[2]; 2018 No 5, Sch 2.13; 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [1]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[1]
[2].
Sec 5
Rep 1987 No 15, sec
30C.
Sec 8
Am 2010 No 119, Sch
1.28 [1]; 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12 [2] [3]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.83; 2019 No 23, Sch
1.10[1]; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.40[1].
Sec 8A
Ins 2013 No 97, Sch
3.12 [4].
Sec 9
Am 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12
[5].
Sec 22
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8
[1].
Sec 22A
Ins 2023 No 9, Sch
1[1].
Sec 26
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[2]
[3].
Sec 27
Am 2020 No 25, Sch
5.1.
Sec 29
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[4]–[6].
Sec 31A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[7].
Sec 33
Am 2010 No 119, Sch
1.28 [2]; 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [2].
Sec 36
Am 2010 No 119, Sch
1.28 [3]; 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [3]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[8].
Sec 38
Am 2019 No 23, Sch
1.10[2].
Sec 40
Am 2019 No 23, Sch
1.10[3].
Sec 41
Am 2010 No 119, Sch
1.28 [4]; 2011 No 62, Sch 1.14 [1]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[9].
Sec 42
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8
[4].
Sec 46
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
4.34 [3] [4].
Sec 52
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[10].
Sec 54
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[11]; 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[4].
Sec 54A
Ins 2019 No 23, Sch
1.10[5].
Sec 55
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[12]; 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[6].
Sec 55A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[13].
Sec 62
Am 2012 No 42, Sch
1.25 [1].
Sec 64A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[14].
Sec 65
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[15]–[17].
Part 3, Div
5A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[18].
Sec 65A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[18].
Sec 65B
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[18]. Am 2020 No 30, Sch 1.40[2].
Secs 65C,
65D
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[18].
Sec 66
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[19].
Sec 80
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[20].
Sec 85
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[21].
Sec 87
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[1].
Sec 88
Am 2012 No 42, Sch
1.25 [2]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[22] [23].
Sec 89
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8
[5]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[24]–[26].
Sec 92A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[27].
Sec 95
Am 2014 No 88, Sch
1.24 [1].
Sec 98A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[28].
Sec 99
Am 2011 No 62, Sch
1.14 [2].
Sec 100
Am 2014 No 33, Sch
1.14 [1]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[29]–[31].
Sec 102
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8
[6] [7].
Sec
103A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch
1[32].
Part 5, Div
3A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[33].
Sec
105A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[7]–[9] (am 2020 No 30, Sch
1.5).
Sec
105B
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[10] [11].
Sec
105C
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[12].
Secs
105D–105G
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[33].
Sec
105H
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[13].
Sec
105I
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[14] [15].
Sec 107
Am 2012 No 42, Sch
1.25 [3]–[5]. Subst 2018 No 58, Sch 1[34]. Am 2020 No 30, Sch
2.34.
Sec 110
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8
[8].
Sec 121
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
4.34 [5]; 2016 No 55, Sch 1.27 [1].
Part 6, Div
2
Rep 2018 No 79, Sch
3.7[2].
Sec 126
Am 2013 No 47, Sch
1.26 [1]. Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2].
Secs
127–129
Rep 2018 No 79, Sch
3.7[2].
Sec 130
Am 2010 No 119, Sch
1.28 [5]. Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2].
Secs
131–133
Rep 2018 No 79, Sch
3.7[2].
Sec 134
Am 2013 No 47, Sch
1.26 [2]. Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2].
Sec 135
Rep 2018 No 79, Sch
3.7[2].
Sec 136
Am 2012 No 59, Sch
2.4.
Sec 139
Am 2012 No 42, Sch
1.25 [6].
Part 7, Div 5,
heading
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[2].
Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv
1, heading
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[3].
Secs 143, 146,
147
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[4].
Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv
2, heading
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 151
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[4].
Sec 152
Rep 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[6].
Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv
3, heading
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[7].
Sec 154
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[4].
Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv
4 (secs 154A–154F)
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[8].
Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv
5, heading
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[8].
Sec
154FA
Ins 2018 No 45, Sch 1
[1].
Sec
154G
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[8].
Part 7, Div 7 (secs
156A, 156B)
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[9].
Part 7, Div 8 (secs
156C, 156D)
Ins 2018 No 45, Sch 1
[2].
Sec 157
Am 2013 No 97, Sch
3.12 [6] [7].
Sec
157A
Ins 2014 No 33, Sch
1.14 [2].
Sec 159
Am 2012 No 42, Sch
1.25 [7]; 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [3]; 2016 No 55, Sch 1.27 [2]; 2016 No 60, Sch
2.7.
Sec 160
Am 2014 No 33, Sch
1.14 [4] [5]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[3].
Sec 162
Am 2018 No 45, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 164
Am 2014 No 33, Sch
1.14 [4]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[3].
Sec 165
Am 2014 No 33, Sch
1.14 [4]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[3].
Sec 171
Am 2014 No 33, Sch
1.14 [4] [5]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[3].
Sec 177
Am 2014 No 88, Sch
1.24 [2].
Sec 178
Am 2013 No 111, Sch
3.24 [1] [2]; 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [4]; 2016 No 27, Sch 2.40 [3]; 2022 No 59,
Sch 3.60[1] [3].
Sec 179
Am 2016 No 27, Sch
2.40 [4].
Sec 185
Am 2023 No 9, Sch
1[2].
Sec 186
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
4.34 [6] [7]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[35].
Part 8, Div
7
Ins 2018 No 79, Sch
1.
Sec
186A
Ins 2018 No 79, Sch 1.
Am 2023 No 7, Sch 2.42; 2023 No 9, Sch 1[3] [4].
Sec 189
Am 2013 No 97, Sch
3.12 [8].
Sec 192
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
4.34 [8].
Sec 193
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
4.34 [9].
Sec 194
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
4.34 [10].
Sec 195
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
4.34 [11].
Sec 196
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[36].
Sec 200
Am 2020 No 25, Sch
2.8[1] [2].
Sec 202
Am 2012 No 95, Sch
1.16 [1]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [37].
Sec
203
Subst 2017 No 22, Sch
3.64.
Sec
207
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
2.130.
Sec
209
Am 2010 No 119, Sch
1.28 [6]; 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12 [9].
Sec
213A
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1
[38].
Sec
216
Am 2018 No 58, Sch
1[39].
Sec
217
Am 2012 No 42, Sch
1.25 [8] [9].
Sec
218
Am 2014 No 88, Sch
1.24 [3] [4].
Sec
222
Am 2014 No 33, Sch
1.14 [6].
Sec
223
Am 2012 No 42, Sch
1.25 [10]; 2016 No 55, Sch 1.27 [3]; 2017 No 25, Sch 1.30
[1]–[3].
Sec
228
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1
[10].
Part
13
Ins 2020 No 1, Sch
2.17. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230.
Sec
228A
Ins 2020 No 5, Sch
1.28[1]. Am 2020 No 25, Sch 7.4. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230.
Secs 228B,
228C
Ins 2020 No 5, Sch
1.28[1]. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230.
Sec
229
Ins 2020 No 1, Sch
2.17. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230.
Sec
230
Ins 2020 No 5, Sch
1.28[2]. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230.
Sch 1
Am 2014 No 88, Sch
1.24 [5]; 2018 No 65, Sch 7.13.
Sch 2
Am 2012 No 95, Sch
1.16 [2]; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [12] [13]; 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [7]; 2018 No
45, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[40]; 2018 No 79, Sch 2.3; 2020 No 5, Sch
1.28[3] [4]; 2021 No 5, Sch 1.24.
Sch 3
Rep 1987 No 15, sec
30C.
The whole
Act
Am 2016 No 27, Sch
2.40 [1] (“Director-General” and
“Director-General’s” omitted wherever occurring,
“Secretary” and “Secretary’s” inserted instead,
respectively).
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