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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO 41 OF 2023) - SECT 3

3—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation

        (1)         Section 3(1)—after the definition of "Commissioner" insert:

"controlled drug" has the same meaning as in the Controlled Substances Act 1984

;

        (2)         Section 3(1)—after the definition of "domestic services agreement insert:

"drug related conduct" means conduct of a kind prescribed by the regulations in relation to a controlled drug;

"exempt animal" means—

            (a)         an assistance animal within the meaning of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984

; or

            (b)         a therapeutic animal within the meaning of section 88A of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984

;

        (3)         Section 3(1), definition of "residential tenancy agreement —insert at the foot of the definition:

Note—

An agreement under which a person grants another person, for valuable consideration, a right to occupy for residential purposes a building on land (such as a studio or "granny flat") that is located adjacent to or near the primary residence on the land and which the other person has exclusive access to, and possession of, is a residential tenancy agreement.

        (4)         Section 3(1), definition of "rooming house"—delete the definition and substitute:

"rooming house" means residential premises in which 2 or more rooms are available, for valuable consideration, for residential occupation;

        (5)         Section 3—after subsection (4) insert:

        (5)         For the purposes of this Act—

            (a)         a reference to a rooming house is taken to include a reference to a designated rooming house (within the meaning of Part 7 Division 1A); and

            (b)         a reference to a rooming house agreement is taken to include a designated rooming house agreement (within the meaning of Part 7 Division 1A); and

            (c)         a reference to a rooming house proprietor is taken to include a reference to a designated rooming house proprietor (within the meaning of Part 7 Division 1A).



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