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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Regulation 2025
sec.22Procedures for selling goods by auction— Act , s 363
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### sec.22 Procedures for selling goods by auction— Act , s 363
This section prescribes procedures under section 363 (5) of the Act for a person selling goods by auction under section 363 (4) (a) of the Act .
The person must make reasonable efforts to contact the person entitled to the goods (the owner ) to give the owner notice of the auction.
For subsection (2) , reasonable efforts include the following—
attempting to contact the owner by telephone, including text message, email or private message on a social media platform;
attempting to contact an emergency contact listed on the owner’s former residential tenancy agreement;
publishing a notice in an online newspaper for the city or State in which the owner is or was residing.
If, after making reasonable efforts to contact the owner under this section, the person is unable to contact the owner or the owner does not make a claim to possession of the goods, the person may sell the goods by auction.
(sec.22-ssec.1) This section prescribes procedures under section 363 (5) of the Act for a person selling goods by auction under section 363 (4) (a) of the Act .
(sec.22-ssec.2) The person must make reasonable efforts to contact the person entitled to the goods (the owner ) to give the owner notice of the auction.
(sec.22-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , reasonable efforts include the following— attempting to contact the owner by telephone, including text message, email or private message on a social media platform; attempting to contact an emergency contact listed on the owner’s former residential tenancy agreement; publishing a notice in an online newspaper for the city or State in which the owner is or was residing.
(sec.22-ssec.4) If, after making reasonable efforts to contact the owner under this section, the person is unable to contact the owner or the owner does not make a claim to possession of the goods, the person may sell the goods by auction.
- (a) attempting to contact the owner by telephone, including text message, email or private message on a social media platform;
- (b) attempting to contact an emergency contact listed on the owner’s former residential tenancy agreement;
- (c) publishing a notice in an online newspaper for the city or State in which the owner is or was residing.