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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.213Orders of tribunal
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### sec.213 Orders of tribunal
If an application is made to a tribunal by the lessor or tenant about a lock or key for the premises, the tribunal may make any of the following orders about locks or keys for the premises—
an order requiring the lessor to supply a lock, or a lock of a particular kind;
an order requiring the lessor to carry out stated maintenance of a lock;
an order authorising the lessor or tenant to change a lock;
an order that the lessor or tenant is not required to give to the other party a key to a lock;
an order requiring the lessor or tenant to give to the other party a key to a lock.
In making an order mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (c) , the tribunal may have regard to the following—
the likelihood of risk to the tenant’s personal safety;
the requirements of insurance companies for allowing the tenant to obtain insurance for property of the tenant kept at the premises;
the likelihood of break-ins or other unlawful entry to the premises or nearby premises;
local community standards about adequate security for premises;
the physical characteristics of the premises and adjoining areas;
anything else the tribunal considers relevant.
(sec.213-ssec.1) If an application is made to a tribunal by the lessor or tenant about a lock or key for the premises, the tribunal may make any of the following orders about locks or keys for the premises— an order requiring the lessor to supply a lock, or a lock of a particular kind; an order requiring the lessor to carry out stated maintenance of a lock; an order authorising the lessor or tenant to change a lock; an order that the lessor or tenant is not required to give to the other party a key to a lock; an order requiring the lessor or tenant to give to the other party a key to a lock.
(sec.213-ssec.2) In making an order mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (c) , the tribunal may have regard to the following— the likelihood of risk to the tenant’s personal safety; the requirements of insurance companies for allowing the tenant to obtain insurance for property of the tenant kept at the premises; the likelihood of break-ins or other unlawful entry to the premises or nearby premises; local community standards about adequate security for premises; the physical characteristics of the premises and adjoining areas; anything else the tribunal considers relevant.
- (a) an order requiring the lessor to supply a lock, or a lock of a particular kind;
- (b) an order requiring the lessor to carry out stated maintenance of a lock;
- (c) an order authorising the lessor or tenant to change a lock;
- (d) an order that the lessor or tenant is not required to give to the other party a key to a lock;
- (e) an order requiring the lessor or tenant to give to the other party a key to a lock.
- (a) the likelihood of risk to the tenant’s personal safety;
- (b) the requirements of insurance companies for allowing the tenant to obtain insurance for property of the tenant kept at the premises;
- (c) the likelihood of break-ins or other unlawful entry to the premises or nearby premises;
- (d) local community standards about adequate security for premises;
- (e) the physical characteristics of the premises and adjoining areas;
- (f) anything else the tribunal considers relevant.