Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION 2024 - REG 20

20 Amendment of sch 3, pt 2, cl 15 (Water service charges—ss 164 and 166)

(1) Schedule 3 , part 2 , clause 15, heading, ‘and 166’—
omit, insert—
, 166 and 166A

(2) Schedule 3 , part 2 , clause 15—
insert—

(4A) The lessor must give the tenant copies of relevant documents about the amount payable to the relevant water supplier within 4 weeks after the lessor receives the documents.

(3) Schedule 3 , part 2 , clause 15—
insert—

(5A) The tenant is not required to pay an amount for the water consumption charges if the tenant has not received a copy of the documents about the amount payable to the relevant water supplier.

(5B) Subclause (9) applies if water consumption charges are payable for a period that includes part but not all of a period specified, or to be specified, in a water consumption charges document.

(5C) The tenant may be required to pay an amount calculated under section 166A using—

(a) a meter reading for the premises recorded in a condition report; and

(b) a reasonable estimate of the volume of water supplied to the premises during the period for which water consumption charges are payable by the tenant mentioned in subclause (8); and

(c) the rate used to calculate the water consumption charge stated in the most recent water consumption charges document.

(4) Schedule 3 , part 2 , clause 15(6)—
insert—

"water consumption charges document" means a document, issued to the lessor by the relevant water supplier, stating the amount of water consumption charges for the premises that are payable to the supplier.

(5) Schedule 3 , part 2 , clause 15(4A) to (6)—
renumber as schedule 3 , part 2 , clause 15(5) to (10).