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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
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4A Establishing experience of domestic violence
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a tenant may establish that they or
another occupant of a premises has experienced domestic violence
by providing the landlord or the Tribunal with a copy of any of the
following documentation:
(a) a court DVO as defined in section 4 of the Domestic and
Family Violence Act 2007;
(b) an injunction under section 68B(1)(a) or (b) or 114(1)(a) of the
Family Law Act 1975 (Cth);
(c) a certificate in the approved form provided by a person with an
occupation prescribed by regulation.
(2) Documentation provided under subsection (1) conclusively
establishes that the tenant or other occupant has experienced
domestic violence.