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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.509Indications a resident has abandoned a room
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### sec.509 Indications a resident has abandoned a room
A tribunal may have regard to the matters stated in subsection (2) in—
deciding under section 260 (b) whether, at a particular time, a provider held a reasonable belief that a resident had abandoned the resident’s room; or
deciding under section 366 (f) whether, at a particular time, a resident had abandoned the resident’s room.
Indications that a resident has abandoned the resident’s room include the following—
a failure of the resident to pay rent under the rooming accommodation agreement;
the presence at the rental premises of uncollected mail, newspapers or other material for the resident;
reports from other residents or other persons indicating the resident has abandoned the room;
the absence of household goods in the room;
a failure of the resident to respond to a notice given to the resident under chapter 4 , part 2 about a proposed entry to the room.
s 509 amd 2021 No. 19 s 107 s ch 1 pt 1
(sec.509-ssec.1) A tribunal may have regard to the matters stated in subsection (2) in— deciding under section 260 (b) whether, at a particular time, a provider held a reasonable belief that a resident had abandoned the resident’s room; or deciding under section 366 (f) whether, at a particular time, a resident had abandoned the resident’s room.
(sec.509-ssec.2) Indications that a resident has abandoned the resident’s room include the following— a failure of the resident to pay rent under the rooming accommodation agreement; the presence at the rental premises of uncollected mail, newspapers or other material for the resident; reports from other residents or other persons indicating the resident has abandoned the room; the absence of household goods in the room; a failure of the resident to respond to a notice given to the resident under chapter 4 , part 2 about a proposed entry to the room.
- (a) deciding under section 260 (b) whether, at a particular time, a provider held a reasonable belief that a resident had abandoned the resident’s room; or
- (b) deciding under section 366 (f) whether, at a particular time, a resident had abandoned the resident’s room.
- (a) a failure of the resident to pay rent under the rooming accommodation agreement;
- (b) the presence at the rental premises of uncollected mail, newspapers or other material for the resident;
- (c) reports from other residents or other persons indicating the resident has abandoned the room;
- (d) the absence of household goods in the room;
- (e) a failure of the resident to respond to a notice given to the resident under chapter 4 , part 2 about a proposed entry to the room.