RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 112 Resident's duty to pay rent

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 112

S. 112(1) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 357(2).

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), a resident must pay the agreed rent to the rooming house operator on the due date and in the agreed manner.

S. 112(2) inserted by No. 63/2005 s. 16(2), amended by Nos 45/2018 s. 357(2), 17/2024 s. 6(10).

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), if a rooming house operator contravenes section 94B or 529 by permitting an additional person to occupy a room in the rooming house, an existing resident of the room at the date that the additional person commenced occupation of the room is not liable to pay rent for the existing resident's occupancy of the room in respect of the period commencing on that date and ending on the first of the following to occur—

        (a)     the date that the room capacity of the room is reduced to the room capacity existing immediately before the additional person commenced occupation of the room; or

        (b)     the date that the consent of the existing resident of the room to the increase in room capacity under section 94D takes effect.

Note to s. 112 inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 98(2).

Note

This section is a duty provision and a contravention of this section may be dealt with as a breach of a duty under Part 5 and other provisions of this Act.

S. 113 amended by No. 63/2005 s. 17 (ILA s. 39B(1)).