Residential Tenancies Act 2010 No 42
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Original legislation
Residential Tenancies Act 2010 No 42
Assented to 17.06.2010.
Date of commencement, 31.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (658) LW 3.12.2010.
Amended by sec 230 of this Act.
Amending legislation
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2024 No 75
Assented to 31.10.2024.
Date of commencement of Sch 1[1]–[4] [6] [8]–[19] and [22]–[24]: not in force.
Date of commencement of Sch 1[5] [7] [20] and [21], assent, sec 2(a).
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2024 No 53
Assented to 20.08.2024.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.11, assent, sec 2(b).
Better Regulation, Fair Trading and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No 25
Assented to 31.05.2024.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rental Fairness) Act 2023 No 9
Assented to 03.07.2023.
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).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 No 7
Assented to 03.07.2023.
Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2022 No 59
Assented to 26.10.2022.
Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2.
COVID-19 Recovery Act 2021 No 5
Assented to 25.03.2021.
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 2020 No 30
Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of Schs 1.40 and 2.34, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3).
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No 25
Assented to 28.09.2020.
Date of commencement of Schs 2.8, 5.1 and 7.4, assent, sec 2.
COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures—Miscellaneous) Act 2020 No 5
Assented to 14.05.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.28, assent, sec 2(1).
COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 No 1
Assented to 25.03.2020.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No 23
Assented to 26.11.2019.
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.
Amending legislation
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 No 30
Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3).
Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2018 No 79
Assented to 28.11.2018.
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.
Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2018 No 65
Assented to 31.10.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 7.13, assent, sec 2 (1).
Residential Tenancies Amendment (Review) Act 2018 No 58
Assented to 26.10.2018.
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.
Residential Tenancies Amendment (Social Housing) Act 2018 No 45
Assented to 21.08.2018.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Property Industry Reform) Act 2018 No 5
Assented to 21.03.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.13, 23.3.2020, sec 2 and 2019 (625) LW 16.12.2019.
Electronic Transactions Legislation Amendment (Government Transactions) Act 2017 No 25
Assented to 27.06.2017.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017 No 22
Assented to 01.06.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3).
Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No 17
Assented to 17.05.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW 1.6.2018.
Regulatory and Other Legislation (Amendments and Repeals) Act 2016 No 60
Assented to 14.11.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.7, 30.1.2017, sec 2 (2) and 2016 (744) LW 9.12.2016.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2016 No 55
Assented to 25.10.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.27, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016 No 27
Assented to 07.06.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.7.2016, sec 2 (1).
Residential Tenancies and Housing Legislation Amendment (Public Housing—Antisocial Behaviour) Act 2015 No 34
Assented to 22.10.2015.
Date of commencement, 18.12.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (799) LW 18.12.2015.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2014 No 88
Assented to 28.11.2014.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.24, 8.1.2015, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 No 33
Assented to 24.06.2014.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.14, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013 No 111
Assented to 03.12.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.24, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1).
Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013 No 97
Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.11.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (446) LW 7.8.2015.
Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 No 95
Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 No 47
Assented to 25.06.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.26, 5.7.2013, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2012 No 95
Assented to 21.11.2012.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, 4.1.2013, sec 2 (1).
Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 No 59
Assented to 28.08.2012.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1) and 2013 (674) LW 6.12.2013.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 No 42
Assented to 21.06.2012.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.25, 6.7.2012, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011 No 62
Assented to 16.11.2011.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 No 27
Assented to 27.06.2011.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2010 No 119
Assented to 29.11.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.28, 7.1.2011, sec 2 (2).
History notes
This is a consolidated list of all history notes for this title. View the history notes inline to see the point-in-time history of provisions for a particular historical version by clicking the Turn history notes on button.
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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]; 2024 No 25, Sch 2.7[1], Sch 3.5[1]. |
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Sec 5 |
Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. |
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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]. |
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Sec 8A |
Ins 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12 [4]. |
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Sec 9 |
Am 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12 [5]. |
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Sec 22 |
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [1]. |
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Sec 22A |
Ins 2023 No 9, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 23 |
Subst 2024 No 75, Sch 1[5]. |
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Sec 26 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[2] [3]. |
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Sec 27 |
Am 2020 No 25, Sch 5.1. |
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Sec 29 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[4]–[6]. |
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Sec 31A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[7]. |
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Sec 33 |
Am 2010 No 119, Sch 1.28 [2]; 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [2]. |
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Sec 36 |
Am 2010 No 119, Sch 1.28 [3]; 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [3]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[8]; 2024 No 25, Sch 6.17[1]. |
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Sec 38 |
Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[2]. |
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Sec 40 |
Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[3]. |
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Sec 41 |
Am 2010 No 119, Sch 1.28 [4]; 2011 No 62, Sch 1.14 [1]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[9]; 2024 No 75, Sch 1[7]. |
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Sec 42 |
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [4]. |
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Sec 46 |
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [3] [4]. |
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Sec 52 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[10]. |
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Sec 54 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [11]; 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[4]. |
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Sec 54A |
Ins 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[5]. |
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Sec 55 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[12]; 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[6]. |
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Sec 55A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[13]. |
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Sec 62 |
Am 2012 No 42, Sch 1.25 [1]. |
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Sec 64A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[14]. |
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Sec 65 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[15]–[17]. |
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Part 3, Div 5A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[18]. |
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Sec 65A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[18]. |
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Sec 65B |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[18]. Am 2020 No 30, Sch 1.40[2]. |
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Secs 65C, 65D |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[18]. |
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Sec 66 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[19]. |
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Sec 80 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[20]. |
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Sec 85 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[21]. |
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Sec 87 |
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [1]. |
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Sec 88 |
Am 2012 No 42, Sch 1.25 [2]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[22] [23]. |
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Sec 89 |
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [5]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[24]–[26]. |
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Sec 92A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[27]. |
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Sec 95 |
Am 2014 No 88, Sch 1.24 [1]. |
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Sec 98A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[28]. |
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Sec 99 |
Am 2011 No 62, Sch 1.14 [2]. |
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Sec 100 |
Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [1]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[29]–[31]. |
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Sec 102 |
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [6] [7]. |
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Sec 103A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1[32]. |
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Part 5, Div 3A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [33]. |
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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). |
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Sec 105B |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[10] [11]. |
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Sec 105C |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[12]. |
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Secs 105D–105G |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [33]. |
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Sec 105H |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[13]. |
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Sec 105I |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [33]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10[14] [15]. |
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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. |
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Sec 110 |
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.8 [8]. |
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Sec 121 |
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [5]; 2016 No 55, Sch 1.27 [1]. |
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Part 6, Div 2 |
Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2]. |
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Sec 126 |
Am 2013 No 47, Sch 1.26 [1]. Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2]. |
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Secs 127–129 |
Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2]. |
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Sec 130 |
Am 2010 No 119, Sch 1.28 [5]. Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2]. |
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Secs 131–133 |
Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2]. |
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Sec 134 |
Am 2013 No 47, Sch 1.26 [2]. Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2]. |
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Sec 135 |
Rep 2018 No 79, Sch 3.7[2]. |
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Sec 136 |
Am 2012 No 59, Sch 2.4. |
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Sec 139 |
Am 2012 No 42, Sch 1.25 [6]. |
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Part 7, Div 5, heading |
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [2]. |
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Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv 1, heading |
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Secs 143, 146, 147 |
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [4]. |
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Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv 2, heading |
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [5]. |
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Sec 151 |
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [4]. |
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Sec 152 |
Rep 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [6]. |
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Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv 3, heading |
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [7]. |
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Sec 154 |
Am 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [4]. |
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Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv 4 (secs 154A–154F) |
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [8]. |
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Part 7, Div 5, Subdiv 5, heading |
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [8]. |
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Sec 154FA |
Ins 2018 No 45, Sch 1 [1]. |
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Sec 154G |
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [8]. |
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Part 7, Div 7 (secs 156A, 156B) |
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [9]. |
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Part 7, Div 8 (secs 156C, 156D) |
Ins 2018 No 45, Sch 1 [2]. |
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Sec 157 |
Am 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12 [6] [7]. |
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Sec 157A |
Ins 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [2]. |
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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. |
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Sec 160 |
Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [4] [5]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[3]. |
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Sec 162 |
Am 2018 No 45, Sch 1 [3]; 2024 No 25, Sch 3.5[2]. |
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Sec 164 |
Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [4]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[3]. |
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Sec 165 |
Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [4]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[3]. |
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Sec 171 |
Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [4] [5]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.60[3]. |
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Sec 177 |
Am 2014 No 88, Sch 1.24 [2]. |
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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]; 2024 No 53, Sch 1.11[1]–[3]; 2024 No 75, Sch 1[20] [21]. |
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Sec 179 |
Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.40 [4]. |
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Sec 185 |
Am 2023 No 9, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 186 |
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [6] [7]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1[35]. |
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Part 8, Div 7 |
Ins 2018 No 79, Sch 1. |
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Sec 186A |
Ins 2018 No 79, Sch 1. Am 2023 No 7, Sch 2.42; 2023 No 9, Sch 1[3] [4]. |
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Sec 189 |
Am 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12 [8]. |
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Sec 192 |
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [8]. |
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Sec 193 |
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [9]. |
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Sec 194 |
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [10]. |
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Sec 195 |
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [11]. |
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Sec 196 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[36]. |
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Sec 200 |
Am 2020 No 25, Sch 2.8[1] [2]. |
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Sec 202 |
Am 2012 No 95, Sch 1.16 [1]; 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [37]. |
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Sec 203 |
Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.64. |
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Sec 207 |
Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.130. |
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Sec 209 |
Am 2010 No 119, Sch 1.28 [6]; 2013 No 97, Sch 3.12 [9]. |
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Sec 213A |
Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1 [38]. |
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Sec 216 |
Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1[39]. |
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Sec 217 |
Am 2012 No 42, Sch 1.25 [8] [9]. |
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Sec 218 |
Am 2014 No 88, Sch 1.24 [3] [4]. |
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Sec 222 |
Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.14 [6]. |
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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]; 2024 No 25, Sch 6.17[2]–[4]. |
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Sec 228 |
Ins 2015 No 34, Sch 1 [10]. |
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Part 13 |
Ins 2020 No 1, Sch 2.17. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230. |
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Sec 228A |
Ins 2020 No 5, Sch 1.28[1]. Am 2020 No 25, Sch 7.4. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230. |
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Secs 228B, 228C |
Ins 2020 No 5, Sch 1.28[1]. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230. |
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Sec 229 |
Ins 2020 No 1, Sch 2.17. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230. |
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Sec 230 |
Ins 2020 No 5, Sch 1.28[2]. Rep 2010 No 42, sec 230. |
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Sch 1 |
Am 2014 No 88, Sch 1.24 [5]; 2018 No 65, Sch 7.13; 2024 No 25, Sch 2.7[2] [3], Sch 6.17[5]; 2024 No 53, Sch 1.11[4]. |
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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. |
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Sch 3 |
Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. |
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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). |
Residential Tenancies Bill 2010
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| Introduced (LC): 02 June 2010 | Bill (and Explanatory Note) - unavailable |
| 2nd Reading (LA): 02 June 2010 | |
| Assent: 17 June 2010 |  2010 No 42
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