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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Residential Tenancies Act 1987

128 of 1987

21 Jan 1988

s. 1 and 2: 21 Jan 1988;
Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Oct 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 18 Aug 1989 p. 2748)

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1988

50 of 1988

8 Dec 1988

8 Dec 1988 (see s. 2)

Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993 s. 11

6 of 1993

27 Aug 1993

1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2(1))

Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993 Pt. 17 3

31 of 1993

15 Dec 1993

1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2)

Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 s. 33

34 of 1995

29 Sep 1995

1 Jul 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Jun 1997 p. 2805)

Real Estate Legislation Amendment Act 1995 Pt. 3 4, 5

59 of 1995

20 Dec 1995

Pt. 3 other than s. 46 and 52: 1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Jun 1996 p. 2902);
s. 46 and 52: 5 Apr 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Mar 2007 p. 1451)

Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 s. 188

73 of 1995

27 Dec 1995

1 Jan 1996 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 29 Dec 1995 p. 6291)

Reprint of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 as at 15 Mar 1996 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Real Estate Legislation Amendment Act 1995) (correction in Gazette 6 Dec 1996 p. 6725)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 39(10)

57 of 1997

15 Dec 1997

15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 as at 22 Jan 1999 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Real Estate Legislation Amendment Act 1995 s. 46 and 52)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Financial Sector Reform) Act 1999 s. 100

26 of 1999

29 Jun 1999

1 Jul 1999 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 30 Jun 1999 p. 2905)

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 s. 220

10 of 2001

28 Jun 2001

15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3257 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)

Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 s. 21 6

45 of 2002

20 Mar 2003

1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2383)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Courts and Legal Practice) Act 2003 s. 61

65 of 2003

4 Dec 2003

1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722)

Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 16

59 of 2004

23 Nov 2004

1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)

Reprint 3: The Residential Tenancies Act 1987 as at 27 May 2005 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Real Estate Legislation Amendment Act 1995 s. 46 and 52)

Limitation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 Pt. 10

20 of 2005

15 Nov 2005

15 Nov 2005 (see s. 2)

Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 4 Div. 20 7

28 of 2006

26 Jun 2006

1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)

Residential Parks (Long-stay Tenants) Act 2006 s. 98

32 of 2006

4 Jul 2006

3 Aug 2007 (see r. 2 and Gazette 1 Aug 2007 p. 3835)

Consumer Protection Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 Pt. 9

69 of 2006

13 Dec 2006

14 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 13 Jul 2007 p. 3453)

Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4 and 17

77 of 2006

21 Dec 2006

1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)

Reprint 4: The Residential Tenancies Act 1987 as at 20 Jul 2007 (includes amendments listed above)

Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 698

21 of 2008

27 May 2008

1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511)

2 The provisions in this Act amending those Acts have been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).

3 The Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993 Pt. 19 is a savings and transitional provision that is of no further effect.

4 The Real Estate Legislation Amendment Act 1995 s. 54(2) and (3) read as follows:

“
(2) A financial institution which held a security bond under Schedule 1 to the principal Act immediately before the commencement of this section may continue to hold the bond after that commencement as if this section had not been enacted and for that purpose, subject to subsection (3), regulations in force under section 88 of the principal Act immediately before that commencement continue to apply.

(3) The interest payable by a financial institution after the commencement of this section on the amount of a security bond referred to in subsection (2) is interest at the prescribed rate in force from time to time under clause 6(1) of Schedule 1 to the principal Act as amended by this section.

”.

5 The Real Estate Legislation Amendment Act 1995 s. 46 and 52 were purported to be proclaimed on 1 January 1997 in Gazette 25 June 1996 p. 2902, but the proclamation was revoked before it came into force — see Gazette 6 September 1996 p. 4405.

6 The Taxation Administration (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 s. 3 and 4 and Pt. 4 are transitional provisions that are of no further effect.

7 The Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 4 Div. 23 reads as follows:

“

Division 23 — Transitional provisions

151. Commissioner for Fair Trading

(1) On commencement, the person holding the office of Commissioner for Fair Trading immediately before commencement is to be taken to have been designated as the Commissioner or Registrar (as the case requires) for the purposes of each of the following enactments —

(a) the Associations Incorporation Act 1987;

(b) the Business Names Act 1962;

(c) the Chattel Securities Act 1987;

(d) the Companies (Co-operative) Act 1943;

(e) Part 8 of the Competition Policy Reform (Western Australia) Act 1996;

(f) the Consumer Affairs Act 1971;

(g) the Co-operative and Provident Societies Act 1903;

(h) the Credit Act 1984;

(i) the Credit (Administration) Act 1984;

(j) the Employment Agents Act 1976;

(k) the Hire-Purchase Act 1959;

(l) the Limited Partnerships Act 1909;

(m) the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973;

(n) the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983;

(o) the Petroleum Retailers Rights and Liabilities Act 1982;

(p) the Residential Tenancies Act 1987;

(q) the Retirement Villages Act 1992;

(r) the Travel Agents Act 1985.

(2) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner for Fair Trading (including in his or her capacity as the Prices Commissioner) before commencement under a provision of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 for the purposes of another enactment listed in subsection (1) has the same effect after commencement, to the extent that it has any force or significance after commencement, as if it had been done or omitted —

(a) by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner or Registrar (as the case requires) as defined in that other enactment as in force after commencement; and

(b) where relevant, under the corresponding provision of that other enactment as in force after commencement.

(3) To the extent that a thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner for Fair Trading (including in his or her capacity as the Prices Commissioner) before commencement under, or for the purposes of, an enactment listed in subsection (1) is not covered by subsection (2), it has the same effect after commencement, to the extent that it has any force or significance after commencement, as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner or Registrar (as the case requires) as defined in that enactment as in force after commencement.

(4) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner for Fair Trading before commencement under, or for the purposes of, an enactment not listed in subsection (1) has the same effect after commencement, to the extent that it has any force or significance after commencement, as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner as defined in the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 as in force after commencement.

(5) A reference in an enactment to the Commissioner for Fair Trading is to have effect after commencement as if it had been amended to be a reference to —

(a) in the case of an enactment listed in subsection (1) or subsidiary legislation made under such an enactment — the Commissioner or Registrar (as the case requires) as defined in the enactment as in force after commencement; or

(b) in the case of any other enactment or subsidiary legislation — the Commissioner as defined in the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 as in force after commencement.

152. Commissioner for Corporate Affairs and Registrar of Co-operative and Financial Institutions

(1) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs before commencement under, or for the purposes of, the Companies (Co-operative) Act 1943 has the same effect after commencement as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Registrar as defined in that Act as in force after commencement.

(2) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Registrar of Co-operative and Financial Institutions before commencement under, or for the purposes of, the Co-operative and Provident Societies Act 1903 has the same effect after commencement as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Registrar as defined in that Act as in force after commencement.

153. Consumer Affairs Act 1971

Each office in existence immediately before commencement because of section 15(1) of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 does not cease merely because that subsection is repealed by this Act.

154. Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983

Each office in existence immediately before commencement because of section 5(2)(b) of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983 does not cease merely because that paragraph is deleted by this Act.

155. Interpretation

In this Division —

commencement means the time at which this Division comes into operation;

Commissioner for Fair Trading means the Commissioner for Fair Trading referred to in section 15 of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 as in force before commencement;

Prices Commissioner means the Prices Commissioner referred to in section 5(1) of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983 as in force before commencement.

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