RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 472 General power of Tribunal to make determinations
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 472
General power of Tribunal to make determinationsS. 472(1)
amended by Nos 52/1998
s. 238(i), 11/2002 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 56.2).
(1) The Tribunal, on an application to or in proceedings before it, may make any orders it thinks fit—
S. 472(1)(a) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 313(a).
(a) to restrain any action in breach of a residential rental agreement or the provisions of this Act relating to a residential rental agreement;
S. 472(1)(b) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 313(a).
(b) to require any action in the performance of a residential rental agreement or of duties under this Act relating to the residential rental agreement;
(c) to restrain any action in breach of the rooming house provisions or caravan park provisions;
(d) to require any action in the performance of duties under the rooming house provisions or caravan park provisions;
S. 472(1)(da) inserted by No. 67/2010 s. 65(a).
(da) to restrain any action in breach of a site agreement or the provisions of this Act relating to a site agreement;
S. 472(1)(db) inserted by No. 67/2010 s. 65(a).
(db) to require any action in the performance of a site agreement or of duties under this Act relating to the site agreement;
S. 472(1)(dc) inserted by No. 56/2012 s. 12.
(dc) to require the refund of money paid under a rescinded Part 4A dwelling purchase agreement;
S. 472(1)(dd) inserted by No. 56/2012 s. 12.
(dd) for the return of a Part 4A dwelling under a rescinded Part 4A dwelling purchase agreement;
(e) for the return of goods unlawfully taken or removed from—
S. 472(1)(e)(i) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 313(b)(i).
(i) rented premises by a party to the residential rental agreement; or
S. 472(1)(e)(ii) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 313(b)(ii).
(ii) a room by a rooming house operator or resident; or
S. 472(1)(e)(iii) amended by No. 67/2010 s. 65(b).
(iii) a caravan
or site by a caravan owner, caravan park owner or resident; or
S. 472(1)(e)(iv) inserted by No. 67/2010 s. 65(c).
(iv) a Part 4A
dwelling or a Part 4A site by a site owner or site tenant;
(f) to require the payment of compensation to any person;
S. 472(1)(fa) inserted by No. 38/2018 s. 304.
(fa) in respect of any dispute arising under Part 12A;
S. 472(1)(fb) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 313(c).
(fb) declaring that a term of a residential rental agreement is invalid under section 27;
S. 472(1)(fc) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 313(c).
(fc) declaring that a term of a fixed term rooming house agreement is invalid under section 94AC or a term of an agreement under section 94(2) is invalid under section 94(3);
S. 472(1)(fd) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 313(c).
(fd) declaring that a term of an agreement under section 144 is invalid under section 144(4) or (4A);
S. 472(1)(fe) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 313(c).
(fe) declaring that a term of a site agreement is invalid under section 206F(4);
S. 472(1)(g) amended by No. 52/1998
s. 238(i).
(g) that are ancillary or incidental to any other orders that it makes.
S. 472(1A) inserted by No. 47/2019 s. 60.
(1A) Without limiting this section, the Tribunal, on an application or in a proceeding before it for a contravention of section 30E, may make any orders it thinks fit, including the following—
S. 472(1A)(a) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 366(1A) (as amended by No. 47/2019 s. 89).
(a) an order terminating the residential rental agreement;
(b) an order requiring the payment of compensation to any person.
S. 472(1B) inserted by No. 47/2019 s. 60.
(1B) Subsection (1A)(a) applies despite the operation of section 91B.
(2) The powers of the Tribunal under this section are in addition to all other powers of the Tribunal under this Act.
S. 473 (Heading) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 366(2).