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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
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28 Interest on amounts in trust account
(1) This section applies to interest from the investment of any amount
paid to the credit of the trust account under this part.
(2) The director-general must pay the interest into the interest trust
account or the ACAT trust account.
Note The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, s 115C sets out
how amounts paid into the ACAT trust account may be used.
(3) The director-general may transfer amounts from the interest trust
account to the ACAT trust account.
(4) Interest paid into the interest trust account may be applied for the
following purposes:
(a) providing lessor and tenant information programs;
(b) providing dispute resolution services for residential tenancy
disputes;
(c) facilitating assistance in the provision of residential
accommodation, whether or not the accommodation is provided
under this Act;
(d) researching issues of concern to lessors and tenants;
(e) reimbursing the costs incurred by the commissioner in
instituting, defending or taking over proceedings in relation to
tenancy disputes;
(f) reimbursing the Territory the cost of administering this Act.
interest—see the Financial Management Act 1996, dictionary.
interest trust account means the trust bank account maintained by the
director-general of the administrative unit responsible for
administering this Act in accordance with the Financial Management
Act 1996, section 51.
Condition of premises and deductions from bond Division 3.3