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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.5Objects of Act
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### sec.5 Objects of Act
The main objects of this Act are to state the rights and obligations of—
tenants, lessors and agents for residential tenancies; and
residents, providers and agents for rooming accommodation.
The objects are mainly achieved by—
regulating the making, content, operation and ending of residential tenancy agreements and rooming accommodation agreements; and
providing for the resolution of disputes about residential tenancy agreements and rooming accommodation agreements; and
providing for the authority to receive, hold and pay rental bonds; and
providing for compliance with this Act to be monitored and enforced; and
providing for the establishment, functions and powers of the authority.
(sec.5-ssec.1) The main objects of this Act are to state the rights and obligations of— tenants, lessors and agents for residential tenancies; and residents, providers and agents for rooming accommodation.
(sec.5-ssec.2) The objects are mainly achieved by— regulating the making, content, operation and ending of residential tenancy agreements and rooming accommodation agreements; and providing for the resolution of disputes about residential tenancy agreements and rooming accommodation agreements; and providing for the authority to receive, hold and pay rental bonds; and providing for compliance with this Act to be monitored and enforced; and providing for the establishment, functions and powers of the authority.
- (a) tenants, lessors and agents for residential tenancies; and
- (b) residents, providers and agents for rooming accommodation.
- (a) regulating the making, content, operation and ending of residential tenancy agreements and rooming accommodation agreements; and
- (b) providing for the resolution of disputes about residential tenancy agreements and rooming accommodation agreements; and
- (c) providing for the authority to receive, hold and pay rental bonds; and
- (d) providing for compliance with this Act to be monitored and enforced; and
- (e) providing for the establishment, functions and powers of the authority.