Residential Tenancies Act 1987

This section applies if a security bond release application for a residential tenancy agreement is not made by each person known to the bond administrator as a party to the agreement (a known party).

The bond administrator must give written notice of the security bond release application to each known party who did not make the application.

The notice must state that —

during the notice period, the party may agree to the security bond release application under section 81G or dispute the application under section 81H; and

the application will be referred to the Commissioner to decide if the party or another party —

disputes the application under section 81H during the notice period; or

does not respond to the notice under section 81G or 81H during the notice period;

before the Commissioner decides the application, the party may —

agree to a variation of the application; or

under section 81J, withdraw notice of the party’s dispute of the application.

For the purposes of subsection (3), the notice period is the period —

starting when the party is given the notice under subsection (2); and

ending on the day stated in the notice as the day on which the notice period ends.