Residential Tenancies Regulations 1989

In this regulation —

Government employee has the meaning given in the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 section 5.

Under section 6(a) of the Act it is provided that section 30(1) of the Act shall not apply to the following —

a residential tenancy agreement if —

the lessor is an employer specified in the Table to this subregulation; and

an employee of an employer specified in the Table to this subregulation is a tenant under that agreement;

a residential tenancy agreement if —

the lessor is the Housing Authority or a Department (as defined in the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964 section 5); and

the premises are let to a Government employee under the Government Employees’ Housing Act 1964;

a residential tenancy agreement if —

the lessor is the WA Country Health Service; and

a tenant under the agreement is employed or engaged by the WA Country Health Service.

Table

The premises set out in the Table to this subregulation are prescribed under section 6(b) of the Act as premises to which section 30(1) of the Act shall not apply.

Table

The agencies set out in the Table to this subregulation are prescribed under section 6(c) of the Act as agencies to which section 30(1) of the Act shall not apply.

A residential tenancy agreement —

in which the Crown, or a person or agency who acts on behalf of the Crown, acts in the capacity of the lessor of residential premises; and

under which an officer of the Public Service employed in a department specified in the Table to this subregulation is a tenant,

is prescribed under section 6(a) of the Act as a residential tenancy agreement to which section 30(1) of the Act shall not apply.

Table

[Regulation 5B inserted: Gazette 6 Apr 1990 p. 1701; erratum: Gazette 12 Apr 1990 p. 1907; amended: Gazette 14 Jun 1991 p. 2872‑3; 13 Dec 1991 p. 6153; 31 Mar 2006 p. 1351-2; 31 Jul 2007 p. 3791; 3 May 2013 p. 1742-3; 27 Dec 2013 p. 6478; SL 2026/4 r. 19.]