LANDLORD AND TENANT (RENTAL BONDS) ACT 1977

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LANDLORD AND TENANT (RENTAL BONDS) ACT 1977 - NOTES

- As at 6 July 2009 - Act 44 of 1977

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   13 June 1979
Reprint No 2   24 October 1988
Reprint No 3   14 January 1992
Reprint No 4   7 February 1996
Reprint No 5   18 April 2000
Reprint No 6   19 September 2007

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Act 1977 No 44. Assented to 19.4.1977. Date of commencement of secs 3, 8-17, 25-30, 33 and 35, 1.11.1977, sec 2 (2) and GG No 128 of 28.10.1977, p 4689; date of commencement of secs 4-7, 18-24, 31, 32 and 34 and Sch 1, 22.7.1977, sec 2 (2) and GG No 82 of 22.7.1977, p 3036. This Act has been amended as follows:

1981	No 9	Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Amendment Act 1981. Assented to 6.4.1981. Date of commencement of sec 3, 10.4.1981, sec 2 (2) and GG No 54 of 10.4. 1981, p 2087.
1983	No 153	Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 29.12.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19.
1985	No 65	Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Amendment Act 1985. Assented to 15.5.1985. Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 2, 1.9.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 117 of 16.8.1985, p 4311.
	No 231	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985. Assented to 18.12.1985.
1986	No 62	Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 21.5.1986. Date of commencement of sec 3, 16.6.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 94 of 13.6.1986, p 2683. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1986 No 218. Assented to 23.12.1986.
1987	No 27	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 12.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 30.10.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 100 of 13.10.1989, p 8283.
	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 29, assent, sec 2 (9).
	No 170	Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 26.11.1987. Date of commencement, 28 days after assent.
	No 206	Consumer Claims Tribunals Act 1987. Assented to 8.12.1987. Date of commencement, 1.3.1988, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 26.2.1988, p 1150.
1989	No 161	Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 12.12.1989. Date of commencement, 1.1.1990, sec 2.
1991	No 17	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Act 1977, assent, sec 2.
1992	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1993	No 92	Home Purchase Assistance Authority (Amendment) Act 1993. Assented to 29.11.1993. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1994	No 73	State Bank (Privatisation) Act 1994. Assented to 23.11.1994. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Act 1977, 31.12.1994, sec 21 and GG No 179 of 30.12.1994, p 7847.
1996	No 24	Financial Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement, 12.7.1996, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 12.7.1996, p 3984.
	No 30	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 121	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
1997	No 55	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.12, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
1998	No 11	Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998. Assented to 15.5.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 6.14, 1.9.2000, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 1.9.2000, p 8633.
	No 57	Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Amendment (Penalty Notices) Act 1998. Assented to 30.6.1998. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.26, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 142	Residential Parks Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 3.3, 1.3.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 976.
	No 168	Residential Tribunal Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 4.3, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 977. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1.42, assent, sec 2 (2).
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1.22, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 81	Retirement Villages Act 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 3.3, 1.7.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 62 of 26.5.2000, p 4246.
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1.14, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001	No 52	Housing Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement, 1.7.2001, sec 2
	No 82	Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001. Assented to 21.11.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 7.12, 25.2.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 48 of 22.2.2002, p 901.
2002	No 66	Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002. Assented to 10.7.2002. Date of commencement, 1.9.2003, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 25.7.2003, p 7445.
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 27	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2009	No 40	Residential Tenancies Amendment (Mortgagee Repossessions) Act 2009. Assented to 19.6.2009. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 9A and 9B of the Reprints Act 1972. Order dated 27.10.1986, and published in GG No 172 of 31.10.1986, p 5322.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996 and the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997.

Sec 3	Rep GG No 172 of 31.10.1986, p 5322.
Sec 4	Am 1985 No 65, Sch 1 (1); 1987 No 27, Sch 3 (1); 1997 No 55, Sch 1.12 [1] [2]; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.26 [1]; 1998 No 142, Sch 3.3 [1] [2]; 1998 No 168, Sch 4.3 [1] (am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.42 [4]); 2001 No 82, Sch 7.12 [1]; 2006 No 120, Sch 1.17; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.30.
Sec 5	Am 1987 No 170, Sch 1 (1); 2006 No 2, Sch 4.32 [1].
Sec 6	Am GG No 172 of 31.10.1986, p 5322; 1987 No 170, Sch 1 (2); 1996 No 30, Sch 2; 1996 No 121, Sch 1.9 (1)-(3); 2000 No 53, Sch 1.14 [1].
Sec 7	Am GG No 172 of 31.10.1986, p 5322. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.32 [2].
Part 2A (secs 7A-7E)	Ins 1987 No 170, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 8	Am 1985 No 65, Schs 1 (2), 2 (1); 2002 No 66, Sch 2.5 [1].
Sec 9	Am 1985 No 65, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 10	Am 1989 No 161, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 11	Am 1985 No 65, Sch 2 (2); 1987 No 27, Sch 3 (2); 1987 No 170, Sch 1 (4); 2009 No 40, Sch 2.
Sec 11A	Ins 1989 No 161, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 13	Am 1985 No 65, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 15	Am 1996 No 121, Sch 1.9 (2).
Sec 15A	Ins 1998 No 57, Sch 1. Am 1998 No 120, Sch 1.26 [2].
Sec 16	Am 1985 No 65, Sch 2 (3); 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 16A	Ins 1987 No 170, Sch 1 (5).
Sec 17	Am 1985 No 65, Sch 2 (4); GG No 172 of 31.10.1986, p 5322; 2007 No 94, Sch 6.
Part 5, heading	Subst 1987 No 170, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 19	Am GG No 172 of 31.10.1986, p 5322; 1987 No 170, Sch 1 (7); 1994 No 73, Sch 2; 1996 No 24, Sch 1.
Sec 20	Am 1981 No 9, s 3; 1985 No 65, Sch 2 (5); 1985 No 231, Sch 13; 1986 No 62, s 3; 1987 No 48, Sch 29; 1989 No 161, Sch 1 (3); 1993 No 92, Sch 2; 1998 No 11, Sch 6.14; 1998 No 168, Sch 4.3 [2]; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.22 [1] [2]; 1999 No 81, Sch 3.3; 2001 No 52, Sch 1.7; 2001 No 82, Sch 7.12 [2]-[4]; 2002 No 66, Sch 2.5 [2]-[4].
Sec 21	Am 1985 No 65, Sch 2 (6).
Sec 22	Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1.
Sec 23	Subst 1983 No 153, Sch 2.
Sec 24	Rep 1983 No 153, Sch 2.
Sec 32	Am 1996 No 121, Sch 1.9 (2).
Sec 34	Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 35	Rep 1987 No 206, Sch 2.
Sch 1	Am GG No 172 of 31.10.1986, p 5322; 1987 No 170, Sch 1 (8); 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1996 No 121, Sch 1.9 (2) (4); 1999 No 94, sec 7 (1) and Sch 5, Part 1; 2000 No 53, Sch 1.14 [2].