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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 15 Rooming accommodation

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 15

Rooming accommodation

15 Rooming accommodation

(1)
"Rooming accommodation" is accommodation occupied or available for occupation by residents, in return for the payment of rent, if each of the residents
(a) has a right to occupy 1 or more rooms; and
(b) does not have a right to occupy the whole of the premises in which the rooms are situated; and
(c) does not occupy a self-contained unit; and
(d) shares other rooms, or facilities outside of the resident’s room, with 1 or more of the other residents.
Example for paragraph (d)—
a boarding house in which each of the residents occupies a room and shares a bathroom, kitchen, dining room and common room with the other residents
(2) For subsection (1) , it is immaterial whether or not—
(a) the rooms are in the same premises; or
(b) the resident is provided with a food service, personal care service or other service.