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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 5

5—Application of Act

        (1)         This Act does not apply to—

            (a)         an agreement giving a right of occupancy in—

                  (i)         a hotel or motel; or

                  (ii)         an educational institution, college, hospital or nursing home; or

                  (iii)         club premises; or

                  (iv)         a home for aged or disabled persons administered by an eligible organisation under the Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954 of the Commonwealth; or

                  (v)         a retirement village within the meaning of the Retirement Villages Act 1987 ; or

                  (vi)         a supported residential facility within the meaning of the Supported Residential Facilities Act 1992 ; or

                  (vii)         prescribed premises, or premises of a prescribed class; or

            (ab)         an agreement to which the Residential Parks Act 2007 applies; or

            (b)         an agreement (other than a rooming house agreement) under which a person boards or lodges with another; or

            (c)         an agreement genuinely entered into for the purpose of conferring on a person a right to occupy premises for a holiday; or

An agreement conferring a right to occupy premises for a fixed term of 60 days or longer will be taken, in the absence of proof to the contrary, not to have been genuinely entered into for the purpose of conferring a right to occupy premises for a holiday.

            (d)         an agreement conferring a right to occupy premises for the purpose of residence but under which no rent is payable; or

Example—

An agreement under which families exchange houses for an agreed period would not be a residential tenancy agreement if no rent were payable under the agreement.

            (e)         an agreement for the sale of land that confers a right to occupy premises on a party to the agreement; or

            (f)         a mortgage; or

            (g)         an agreement arising under a scheme in which—

                  (i)         a complex of adjacent premises is owned by a company; and

                  (ii)         the premises are let by the company to persons who jointly have a controlling interest in the company; or

            (h)         a prescribed agreement or an agreement of a prescribed class.

        (1a)         The regulations may exclude prescribed classes of agreements that relate to land owned (wholly or in part) by the South Australian Housing Trust, or by a subsidiary of the South Australian Housing Trust, from the operation of subsection (1)(e).

        (2)         The following provisions of this Act (and only those provisions) apply to residential tenancy agreements under which the South Australian Housing Trust or a subsidiary of the South Australian Housing Trust is the landlord, to residential tenancies arising under those agreements and to related disputes—

            (a)         Part 3 ( Residential Tenancies Tribunal );

            (ab)         Section 65 ( Quiet enjoyment );

            (b)         Section 66 ( Security of premises );

            (c)         Section 71 ( Tenant's conduct );

            (ca)         Section 87 ( Termination on application by landlord );

            (d)         Section 90 ( Tribunal may terminate tenancy where tenant's conduct unacceptable );

            (e)         Section 93 ( Order for possession );

            (f)         Section 99 ( Enforcement orders for possession );

            (g)         Division 3 of Part 8 ( Powers of the tribunal );

            (h)         Division 4 of Part 8 ( Representation ).



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