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These Regulations may be cited as the Residential Tenancies
Regulations 2000.
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These Regulations may be cited as the Residential Tenancies
Regulations 2000.
These Regulations come into operation on the commencement of the
Residential Tenancies Act 1999.
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
infringement notice means an infringement notice issued in pursuance of these Regulations.
offence means an offence against a provision of the Act that is specified in column 1 of Schedule 1.
offender means a person who the Commissioner reasonably believes has committed an offence.
The Act does not apply to a tenancy agreement under which board or lodging is provided, except such an agreement in relation to a person who:
boards or lodges in a residence from week to week or for more than a week; and
is one of 3 or more persons (other than the landlord, a member of the landlord's family or a caretaker of the residence) who boards or lodges at the residence.
The Act does not apply to a tenancy agreement under which a person is granted a right to occupy part of North Flinders International House for the purpose of residency.
If the Commissioner has reason to believe that an offence has been committed, he or she may serve an infringement notice on the offender.
An infringement notice is to have clearly shown on it:
the name of the offender, if known;
the date, time and place of the offence;
(c) the nature of the offence and the penalty payable in accordance with regulation 7;
the place or places at which the penalty may be paid;
(e) the date of the infringement notice and a statement that the penalty may be paid within 28 days after that date; and
(f) a statement to the effect that, if the appropriate amount specified in the infringement notice as the penalty for the offence is tendered at a place referred to in the notice within the time specified in the notice, no further action will be taken.
The penalty payable for the purposes of these Regulations for an offence against a provision of the Act specified in column 1 of
Schedule 1 is the number of penalty units specified opposite the provision in column 2.
If the total amount of the penalty specified in an infringement notice is paid in accordance with the notice, the offender is to be taken to have expiated the offence by paying the penalty and no further proceedings are to be taken in respect of the offence.
If the amount of a penalty specified in an infringement notice is paid by cheque, the amount is not to be taken to have been paid unless the cheque is cleared on presentation.
Nothing in these Regulations:
prevents more than one infringement notice being served in relation to the same offence but it is sufficient for the application of regulation 8 to a person on whom more than one notice has been served for the person to pay the amount of the penalty in accordance with any one of the notices;
prejudices or affects (except as provided by regulation 8) proceedings being instituted or prosecuted, or limits the penalty that may be imposed by a court, in relation to an offence; or
is to be construed as requiring an infringement notice to be served or as affecting the liability of a person to be prosecuted in a court in relation to an offence in respect of which an infringement notice has not been served.
For the purposes of section 4A(1)(c) of the Act, the following occupations are prescribed:
(a) a health practitioner who practices in the medical or psychology professions under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;
(b) a social worker with a qualification endorsed or accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers;
a police officer;
an Australian legal practitioner;
in charge of a domestic violence support service.
For the purposes of section 19(4) of the Act, the tenancy agreement set out in Schedule 2 is prescribed.
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