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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.297AApplication for termination for objectionable behaviour in public or community housing
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### sec.297A Application for termination for objectionable behaviour in public or community housing
The lessor may apply to a tribunal for a termination order because the tenant, an occupant, a guest of the tenant or a person allowed on the premises by the tenant—
has harassed, intimidated or verbally abused—
the lessor or lessor’s agent; or
a person occupying, or allowed on, premises nearby; or
is causing, or has caused, a serious nuisance to persons occupying premises nearby; or
has intentionally or recklessly endangered another person at the premises or interfered with the reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of a person occupying premises nearby.
An application under this section is called an application made because of objectionable behaviour .
In this section—
lessor means—
the chief executive of the department in which the Housing Act 2003 is administered, acting on behalf of the State; or
a community housing provider.
See sections 335 (1) and 345A for other provisions about the application.
s 297A ins 2013 No. 58 s 13
(sec.297A-ssec.1) The lessor may apply to a tribunal for a termination order because the tenant, an occupant, a guest of the tenant or a person allowed on the premises by the tenant— has harassed, intimidated or verbally abused— the lessor or lessor’s agent; or a person occupying, or allowed on, premises nearby; or is causing, or has caused, a serious nuisance to persons occupying premises nearby; or has intentionally or recklessly endangered another person at the premises or interfered with the reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of a person occupying premises nearby.
(sec.297A-ssec.2) An application under this section is called an application made because of objectionable behaviour .
(sec.297A-ssec.3) In this section— lessor means— the chief executive of the department in which the Housing Act 2003 is administered, acting on behalf of the State; or a community housing provider. See sections 335 (1) and 345A for other provisions about the application.
- (a) has harassed, intimidated or verbally abused— (i) the lessor or lessor’s agent; or (ii) a person occupying, or allowed on, premises nearby; or
- (i) the lessor or lessor’s agent; or
- (ii) a person occupying, or allowed on, premises nearby; or
- (b) is causing, or has caused, a serious nuisance to persons occupying premises nearby; or
- (c) has intentionally or recklessly endangered another person at the premises or interfered with the reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of a person occupying premises nearby.
- (i) the lessor or lessor’s agent; or
- (ii) a person occupying, or allowed on, premises nearby; or
- (a) the chief executive of the department in which the Housing Act 2003 is administered, acting on behalf of the State; or
- (b) a community housing provider.