Meaning of eligible lease
5 Meaning of eligible lease
A written lease for a single-occupancy residence is an eligible lease if—
the lease requires the tenant or resident to pay some or all of the outgoings for electricity supplied to the residence; and
for a residence occupied under a residential tenancy agreement—the rent for the residence does not exceed the approved rent for the scheme.
Subsection (3) applies if—
an eligible residence is a multiple-occupancy residence; and
at least 1 written rooming accommodation agreement for a room in the residence requires the resident to pay some or all of the outgoings for electricity supplied to the residence.
Each written rooming accommodation agreement for a room in the multiple-occupancy residence is an eligible lease.
In this section—
approved rent means rent of an amount equivalent to—
$1,000 per week; or
if the electricity chief executive has published an approved rent notice—the amount per week stated in the notice.
approved rent notice means a written notice stating the approved rent per week for the scheme that is—
made by the electricity chief executive; and
published on the electricity department’s website.
written lease means—
a residential tenancy agreement that is in writing; or
a rooming accommodation agreement that is in writing.
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