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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
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86 Failure to comply with ACAT orders
(1) A party to a hearing must not fail to comply with an order of the
ACAT.
(2) If a person contravenes subsection (1), the ACAT may order the
person to pay a stated amount (not more than $5 000) to the Territory.
(3) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person contravenes subsection (1) (the first contravention);
and
(b) the ACAT makes an order under subsection (2) in relation to the
first contravention; and
(c) within 1 year immediately after the day the first contravention
happens, the person again contravenes subsection (1)
(the subsequent contravention); and
(d) the first and subsequent contraventions are not against orders
arising from the same proceeding.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or
both.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse
for the first or subsequent contravention.