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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
85ANew tenancy agreement—family violence and protection
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85A New tenancy agreement—family violence and protection
orders
(a) the Magistrates Court has made a protection order; and
(b) the respondent is a party to a residential tenancy agreement in
relation to premises; and
(c) the protected person under the order—
(i) is also a party to the residential tenancy agreement; or
(ii) has been living in the premises as the protected person’s
home but is not a party to the agreement; and
(d) either—
(i) the order includes an exclusion condition or a condition
prohibiting the respondent from being within a particular
distance from the protected person; or
(ii) the respondent has given an undertaking to the court to
leave the premises.
(2) The protected person may apply to the ACAT for any of the following
orders:
(a) an order terminating the existing residential tenancy agreement;
(b) an order—
(i) terminating the existing residential tenancy agreement; and
(ii) requiring the lessor of the premises to enter into a
residential tenancy agreement with the protected person
and any other person mentioned in the application;
(c) an order terminating a residential tenancy agreement or
occupancy agreement and granting vacant possession of the
relevant premises to the lessor.
(3) Each of the following is a party to a proceeding on the application:
(a) the protected person;
(b) the lessor;
(c) the respondent;
(d) any other existing tenants.
Powers and decisions of ACAT—protection orders Division 6.5A
exclusion condition—
Act 2016—see that Act, section 39 (4); or
Act 2016—see that Act, section 31 (4).