RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997

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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - NOTES

No. 109 of 1997
Version incorporating amendments as at 11 June 2009

ENDNOTES

1. General Information
Minister's second reading speech-
Legislative Assembly: 30 October 1997
Legislative Council: 20 November 1997
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to re-enact with amendments the law relating to residential tenancies, rooming houses and caravan parks, to provide for a Residential Tenancies Tribunal and a Residential Tenancies Bond Authority, to repeal the Residential Tenancies Act 1980, the Caravan Parks and Movable Dwellings Act 1988 and the Rooming Houses Act 1990 and for other purposes."
The Residential Tenancies Act 1997 was assented to on 23 December 1997 and came into operation as follows:
Part 1 (sections 1-25) on 23 December 1997: section 2(1); rest of Act on 1 July 1998: Government Gazette 18 June 1998 page 1512.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Endnotes
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Tribunals and Licensing Authorities (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 52/1998
Assent Date:
2.6.98
Commencement Date:
Ss 234-242 on 1.7.98: Government Gazette 18.6.98 p. 1512
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Licensing and Tribunal (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 101/1998
Assent Date:
1.12.98
Commencement Date:
S. 32 on 1.2.99: Government Gazette 24.12.98 p. 3204
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Fair Trading (Inspectors Powers and Other Amendments) Act 1999, No. 17/1999
Assent Date:
18.5.99
Commencement Date:
Ss 41, 42 on 1.9.99: Government Gazette 19.8.99 p. 1901
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Planning and Environment (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 28/2000
Assent Date:
30.5.00
Commencement Date:
S. 22 on 31.5.00: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Business Registration Acts (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 35/2000
Assent Date:
6.6.00
Commencement Date:
S. 50 on 19.6.00: Government Gazette 15.6.00 p. 1248
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000
Assent Date:
21.11.00
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 108) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997

Statute Law Amendment (Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions) Act 2001, No. 11/2001
Assent Date:
8.5.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 63) on 1.6.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Statute Law Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001, No. 27/2001
Assent Date:
12.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 10) on 28.6.01: Government Gazette 28.6.01 p. 1428
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2002, No. 11/2002
Assent Date:
23.4.02
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 56) on 24.4.02: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2002, No. 45/2002
Assent Date:
22.10.02
Commencement Date:
Ss 4-100 on 1.7.03: Government Gazette 5.6.03 p. 1287
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Fair Trading (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 30/2003
Assent Date:
27.5.03
Commencement Date:
S. 91 on 28.5.03: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 93/2003
Assent Date:
25.11.03
Commencement Date:
30.6.04: s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Fair Trading (Enhanced Compliance) Act 2004, No. 103/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 62-67 on 22.12.04: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 174) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997

Residential Tenancies (Further Amendment) Act 2005, No. 63/2005
Assent Date:
20.9.05
Commencement Date:
Ss 4-6, 8, 14-31 on 20.9.05: s. 2(1); ss 7, 9-13 on 1.12.05: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Disability Act 2006, No. 23/2006
Assent Date:
16.5.06
Commencement Date:
S. 248 on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Infringements (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2006, No. 32/2006
Assent Date:
13.6.06
Commencement Date:
S. 94(Sch. item 42) on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1315
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Children, Youth and Families (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2006, No. 48/2006
Assent Date:
15.8.06
Commencement Date:
S. 42(Sch. item 30) on 23.4.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Water (Governance) Act 2006, No. 85/2006
Assent Date:
17.10.06
Commencement Date:
S. 173(Sch. 1 item 9) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Fair Trading and Consumer Acts Amendment Act 2007, No. 17/2007
Assent Date:
29.5.07
Commencement Date:
S. 36(Sch. item 12) on 30.5.07: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Fair Trading and Consumer Acts Further Amendment Act 2008, No. 2/2008
Assent Date:
11.2.08
Commencement Date:
S. 60(Sch. item 10) on 12.2.08: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Consumer Credit (Victoria) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008, No. 6/2008
Assent Date:
18.3.08
Commencement Date:
S. 28 on 31.10.08: Government Gazette 30.10.08 p. 2530
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997

Relationships Act 2008, No. 12/2008
Assent Date:
15.4.08
Commencement Date:
S. 73(1)(Sch. 1 item 51) on 1.12.08: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Unclaimed Money Act 2008, No. 44/2008
Assent Date:
26.8.08
Commencement Date:
S. 114 on 1.1.09: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Family Violence Protection Act 2008, No. 52/2008
Assent Date:
23.9.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 257-264 on 8.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 339) 4.12.08 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Fair Trading and Other Acts Amendment Act 2009, No. 19/2009
Assent Date:
10.6.09
Commencement Date:
S. 19 on 11.6.09: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
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3. Explanatory Details
No entries at date of publication.

Part 1-Preliminary

Residential Tenancies Act 1997
No. 109 of 1997