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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 105J

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 105J

105J—Rent decreases

        (1)         The rent payable under a rooming house agreement may be reduced by mutual agreement between the proprietor and the resident.

        (2)         The Tribunal may, on application by a resident, make an order for the reduction of rent payable under the rooming house agreement if satisfied that services or facilities ordinarily provided to the resident under the agreement will not be provided by the proprietor for a period of time.

        (3)         A reduction of rent may be made on a temporary basis so that the rent reverts to the level that would have been otherwise applicable at the end of a specified period.

        (4)         If the rent payable under a rooming house agreement is reduced under this section, the terms of the agreement are varied accordingly.

        (5)         This section does not affect the operation of a provision of a rooming house agreement under which the rent payable under the agreement changes automatically on a basis set out in the agreement.

        (6)         For the purposes of this section, a series of rooming house agreements between the same parties and relating to accommodation at the same rooming house is treated as a single rooming house agreement unless at least 6 months have elapsed since rent for accommodation at the rooming house was fixed or last increased.