Residential Tenancies Act 1997

A party to a hearing must not fail to comply with an order of the ACAT.

If a person contravenes subsection (1), the ACAT may order the person to pay a stated amount (not more than $5 000) to the Territory.

A person commits an offence if—

the person contravenes subsection (1) (the first contravention); and

the ACAT makes an order under subsection (2) in relation to the first contravention; and

within 1 year immediately after the day the first contravention happens, the person again contravenes subsection (1) (the subsequent contravention); and

the first and subsequent contraventions are not against orders arising from the same proceeding.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

Subsection (3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse for the first or subsequent contravention.

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