Queensland Numbered Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 - SECT 44

44 Amendment of s 393 (Item other than personal document or money)

(1) Section 393 —
insert—

(3A) Without limiting subsection (3)(a), reasonable efforts to contact the former resident include the following—

(a) attempting to contact the former resident by telephone, including text message, email or private message on a social media platform;

(b) attempting to contact an emergency contact listed in the rooming accommodation agreement;

(c) publishing a notice in an online newspaper for the city or State in which the former resident is or was residing.

(2) Section 393 (4) (b) —
omit, insert—

(b) sell or dispose of the property.

(3) Section 393 (5) , ‘ subsection (4) (b) ’—
omit, insert—
subsection (5)(b)

(4) Section 393 (3A) to (7) —
renumber as section 393 (4) to (8) .