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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.15Rooming accommodation
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### sec.15 Rooming accommodation
Rooming accommodation is accommodation occupied or available for occupation by residents, in return for the payment of rent, if each of the residents—
has a right to occupy 1 or more rooms; and
does not have a right to occupy the whole of the premises in which the rooms are situated; and
does not occupy a self-contained unit; and
shares other rooms, or facilities outside of the resident’s room, with 1 or more of the other residents.
a boarding house in which each of the residents occupies a room and shares a bathroom, kitchen, dining room and common room with the other residents
For subsection (1) , it is immaterial whether or not—
the rooms are in the same premises; or
the resident is provided with a food service, personal care service or other service.
(sec.15-ssec.1) Rooming accommodation is accommodation occupied or available for occupation by residents, in return for the payment of rent, if each of the residents— has a right to occupy 1 or more rooms; and does not have a right to occupy the whole of the premises in which the rooms are situated; and does not occupy a self-contained unit; and shares other rooms, or facilities outside of the resident’s room, with 1 or more of the other residents. a boarding house in which each of the residents occupies a room and shares a bathroom, kitchen, dining room and common room with the other residents
(sec.15-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , it is immaterial whether or not— the rooms are in the same premises; or the resident is provided with a food service, personal care service or other service.
- (a) has a right to occupy 1 or more rooms; and
- (b) does not have a right to occupy the whole of the premises in which the rooms are situated; and
- (c) does not occupy a self-contained unit; and
- (d) shares other rooms, or facilities outside of the resident’s room, with 1 or more of the other residents. Example for paragraph (d) — a boarding house in which each of the residents occupies a room and shares a bathroom, kitchen, dining room and common room with the other residents
- (a) the rooms are in the same premises; or
- (b) the resident is provided with a food service, personal care service or other service.