RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 122 Quiet enjoyment—rooming house operator's duty

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 122

S. 122(1) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 357(14).

    (1)     A rooming house operator must not unreasonably restrict or interfere with a resident's privacy, peace and quiet or proper use and enjoyment of his or her room and the facilities for the residents' use in the rooming house.

S. 122(2) inserted by No. 63/2005 s. 18, amended by No. 45/2018 s. 357(14)..

    (2)     A rooming house operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a resident of a shared room does not do anything or permit his or her visitors to do anything that interferes with the privacy, peace and quiet of, or the proper use and enjoyment of the room by, other residents of the room.

S. 122(3) inserted by No. 63/2005 s. 18, amended by No. 45/2018 s. 357(14).

    (3)     A rooming house operator does not breach a duty under subsection (1) simply by permitting more than one resident to occupy a shared room in accordance with this Part.

Note to s. 122 inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 105(1).

Note

This section is a duty provision and a contravention of this section may be dealt with as a breach of a duty under Part 5 and other provisions of this Act.

S. 123 amended by No. 45/2018 s. 357(15).