sch.5-sec.28Request for approval to keep pet— ss 256D and 256E

### sch.5-sec.28 Request for approval to keep pet— ss 256D and 256E The resident may, using the approved form, request the provider’s approval to keep a stated pet in the resident’s room. The provider must respond to the resident’s request within 14 days after receiving the request. The provider’s response to the request must be in writing and state— whether the provider approves or refuses the resident’s request; and if the provider approves the resident’s request subject to conditions—the conditions of the approval; and See clause 29 for limitations on conditions of approval to keep a pet in the resident’s room. if the provider refuses the resident’s request— the grounds for the refusal; and the reasons the provider believes the grounds for the refusal apply to the request. The provider may refuse the request for approval to keep a pet in the resident’s room only on 1 or more of the following grounds— keeping the pet would exceed a reasonable number of animals being kept in the room or at the rental premises; the room is unsuitable for keeping the pet because of a lack of appropriate space or other things necessary to humanely accommodate the pet; keeping the pet is likely to cause damage to the room or inclusions that could not practicably be repaired for a cost that is less than the amount of the rental bond for the room; keeping the pet would pose an unacceptable risk to the health and safety of a person, including, for example, because the pet is venomous; keeping the pet would contravene a law; keeping the pet would contravene a body corporate by-law or house rule applying to the rental premises; if the provider proposed reasonable conditions for approval and the conditions comply with clause 29—the resident has not agreed to the conditions; the animal stated in the request is not a pet as defined in section 256A ; another ground prescribed by a regulation under section 256E (1) (i) . The provider is taken to approve the keeping of the pet in the resident’s room if— the provider does not comply with subclause (2); or the provider’s response does not comply with subclause (3). (sch.5-sec.28-ssec.1) The resident may, using the approved form, request the provider’s approval to keep a stated pet in the resident’s room. (sch.5-sec.28-ssec.2) The provider must respond to the resident’s request within 14 days after receiving the request. (sch.5-sec.28-ssec.3) The provider’s response to the request must be in writing and state— whether the provider approves or refuses the resident’s request; and if the provider approves the resident’s request subject to conditions—the conditions of the approval; and See clause 29 for limitations on conditions of approval to keep a pet in the resident’s room. if the provider refuses the resident’s request— the grounds for the refusal; and the reasons the provider believes the grounds for the refusal apply to the request. (sch.5-sec.28-ssec.4) The provider may refuse the request for approval to keep a pet in the resident’s room only on 1 or more of the following grounds— keeping the pet would exceed a reasonable number of animals being kept in the room or at the rental premises; the room is unsuitable for keeping the pet because of a lack of appropriate space or other things necessary to humanely accommodate the pet; keeping the pet is likely to cause damage to the room or inclusions that could not practicably be repaired for a cost that is less than the amount of the rental bond for the room; keeping the pet would pose an unacceptable risk to the health and safety of a person, including, for example, because the pet is venomous; keeping the pet would contravene a law; keeping the pet would contravene a body corporate by-law or house rule applying to the rental premises; if the provider proposed reasonable conditions for approval and the conditions comply with clause 29—the resident has not agreed to the conditions; the animal stated in the request is not a pet as defined in section 256A ; another ground prescribed by a regulation under section 256E (1) (i) . (sch.5-sec.28-ssec.5) The provider is taken to approve the keeping of the pet in the resident’s room if— the provider does not comply with subclause (2); or the provider’s response does not comply with subclause (3). - (a) whether the provider approves or refuses the resident’s request; and - (b) if the provider approves the resident’s request subject to conditions—the conditions of the approval; and Note— See clause 29 for limitations on conditions of approval to keep a pet in the resident’s room. - (c) if the provider refuses the resident’s request— (i) the grounds for the refusal; and (ii) the reasons the provider believes the grounds for the refusal apply to the request. - (i) the grounds for the refusal; and - (ii) the reasons the provider believes the grounds for the refusal apply to the request. - (i) the grounds for the refusal; and - (ii) the reasons the provider believes the grounds for the refusal apply to the request. - (a) keeping the pet would exceed a reasonable number of animals being kept in the room or at the rental premises; - (b) the room is unsuitable for keeping the pet because of a lack of appropriate space or other things necessary to humanely accommodate the pet; - (c) keeping the pet is likely to cause damage to the room or inclusions that could not practicably be repaired for a cost that is less than the amount of the rental bond for the room; - (d) keeping the pet would pose an unacceptable risk to the health and safety of a person, including, for example, because the pet is venomous; - (e) keeping the pet would contravene a law; - (f) keeping the pet would contravene a body corporate by-law or house rule applying to the rental premises; - (g) if the provider proposed reasonable conditions for approval and the conditions comply with clause 29—the resident has not agreed to the conditions; - (h) the animal stated in the request is not a pet as defined in section 256A ; - (i) another ground prescribed by a regulation under section 256E (1) (i) . - (a) the provider does not comply with subclause (2); or - (b) the provider’s response does not comply with subclause (3).