Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES REGULATION 1998 - NOTES

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

3     Legislation history

This regulation was originally the Residential Tenancies Regulations. It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.

Residential Tenancies Regulation 1998 No 17

notified 28 May 1998 (Gaz 1998 No S146)

commenced 25 May 1998 (s 2)

as amended by

Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 44 pt 333

notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)

s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)

pt 333 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2005 A2005-39 s 28

notified LR 31 August 2005

s 1, s 2 commenced 31 August 2005 (LA s 75 (1))

s 28 commenced 28 February 2006 (s 2 and LA s 79)

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No 4) A2005-60 sch 1 pt 1.24

notified LR 1 December 2005

s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 23 November 2005 (LA s 75 (2))

sch 1 pt 1.24 commenced 22 December 2005 (s 2 (4))

Residential Tenancies Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 1) SL2006-42

notified LR 3 August 2006

s 1, s 2 commenced 3 August 2006 (LA s 75 (1))

remainder commenced 4 August 2006 (s 2)

ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 2008 A2008-36 sch 1 pt 1.45

notified LR 4 September 2008

s 1, s 2 commenced 4 September 2008 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.45 commenced 2 February 2009 (s 2 (1) and see ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 A2008-35, s 2 (1) and CN2009-2)

Residential Tenancies Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1) SL2012-11

notified LR 26 March 2012

s 1, s 2 commenced 26 March 2012 (LA s 75 (1))

remainder commenced 27 March 2012 (s 2)

4     Amendment history

Name of regulation
s 1     am R1 LA; R2 LA

Prescribed agreement not residential tenancy agreement—Act, s 6D (1) (d)
s 1A     ins SL2012-11 s 4

Prescribed period for depositing bond—Act, s 23 (6)
s 2     om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.3667
    ins SL2006-42 s 4

Interpretation
s 3     om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.3667

Interest
s 4     om A2005-60 amdt 1.131

Appropriate action under warrant—Act, s 40
s 4A     ins A2005-39 s 28

Application for resolution of dispute
s 6     om A2008-36 amdt 1.596

Beginning and record of mediation
s 7     om A2008-36 amdt 1.596

Form of termination notice
s 8     om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.3667

Termination notice
sch     om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.3668

5     Earlier republications

Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.

Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 27 Jun 2002	27 Jun 2002- 2 Nov 2004	A2001-44	amendments by A2001-44
R2 3 Nov 2004	3 Nov 2004- 21 Dec 2005	A2001-44	editorial amendments under Legislation Act
R3 22 Dec 2005	22 Dec 2005- 27 Feb 2006	A2005-60	amendments by A2005-60
R4 28 Feb 2006	28 Feb 2006- 3 Aug 2006	A2005-60	amendments by A2005-39
R5 4 Aug 2008	4 Aug 2008- 1 Feb 2009	SL2006-42	amendments by SL2006-42
R6 2 Feb 2009	2 Feb 2009– 26 Mar 2012	A2008-36	amendments by A2008-36

© Australian Capital Territory 2012

Australian Capital Territory

SL1998-17

Republication No 7

Effective: 27 March 2012

Republication date: 27 March 2012

Last amendment made by SL2012-11

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Residential Tenancies Regulation 1998

, made under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997

(including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 27 March 2012

. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 27 March 2012

.

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $110 for an individual and $550 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Australian Capital Territory

Residential Tenancies Regulation 1998

Endnotes5

Residential Tenancies Regulation 1998