Schaefer v Department of Housing [No 2]

[2012] WASCA 229

Western Australia Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Administrative Law
2. › Judicial review
3. › Jurisdictional error
4. › Failure to take into account mandatory relevant consideration
5. › Precondition to exercise of power
6. › Whether magistrate failed to consider whether breach justified termination
7. › Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (WA), s 71(2)(b)
8. › Magistrates Court Act 2004 (WA), s 36
1. Landlord and Tenant
2. › Residential tenancies
3. › Termination of tenancy agreement
4. › Breach of term of agreement
5. › Whether breach justified termination in all the circumstances
6. › Mandatory consideration under s 71(2)(b)
7. › Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (WA), ss 60, 61, 62, 71
1. Landlord and Tenant
2. › Residential tenancies
3. › Notice of termination
4. › Form and content
5. › Whether notice gave required period of notice
6. › Whether notice complied with statutory requirements
7. › Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (WA), ss 61, 62
1. Statutes
2. › Statutory construction
3. › Subordinate legislation
4. › Prescribed forms
5. › Whether prescribed form must be consistent with requirements of enabling Act
6. › Interpretation Act 1984 (WA), s 43

Quick Take

A magistrate ordering termination of a residential tenancy under s 71(2)(b) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (WA) must separately consider and be satisfied that the breach justifies termination in all the circumstances; merely finding that a breach occurred and ordering termination without this separate consideration constitutes jurisdictional error. The question of whether compelled vacation of premises constitutes 'delivering up vacant possession' under s 60 RTA was left open.