Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 No. 73
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List of Legislation
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 No. 73
date of assent 11 December 2008
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
s 554 sch 1 amdt 5 of the Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000 commenced 1 July 2009 (2009 SL No. 40) (amdt could not be given effect)
s 554 sch 1 amdts of the Residential Tenancies Act 1994 commenced 30 April 2009 (2009 SL No. 40)
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2009 (2009 SL No. 40)
Note—The COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 and the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020 modified this legislation from 29 March 2020 until 30 April 2022. These modifications did not amend the text of this law. Accordingly, while point-in-time versions of this legislation in force between 29 March 2020 until 30 April 2022 do not contain textual amendments, the versions are affected by and must be read with the modifications that were in force at the relevant time.
Amending legislation
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Act 2009 No. 24 ss 1–2, ch 2 pt 9
date of assent 26 June 2009
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 December 2009 (2009 SL No. 252)
Forensic Disability Act 2011 No. 13 ch 1 pt 1, ch 14 pt 17
date of assent 19 May 2011
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2011 (2011 SL No. 121 item 1)
Aboriginal Land and Torres Strait Islander Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011 No. 26 pts 1, 10
date of assent 29 August 2011
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 9 September 2011 (2011 SL No. 173)
Civil Proceedings Act 2011 No. 45 ss 1–2, 217 sch 1A
date of assent 06 December 2011
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 September 2012 (2012 SL No. 146)
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 No. 5 ss 1–2, 230 sch 1 pt 2
date of assent 17 February 2012
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 17 September 2012 (see s 2)
Industrial Relations (Transparency and Accountability of Industrial Organisations) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2013 No. 29 ss 1, 2(2), pt 3A
date of assent 20 June 2013
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2013 (see s 2 (2))
Directors’ Liability Reform Amendment Act 2013 No. 51 ss 1–2(1), pt 61
date of assent 29 October 2013
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 November 2013 (see s 2 (1))
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 58 pts 1–2, s 45 sch (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below)
date of assent 07 November 2013
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
ss 4–7, 20 (to the extent it ins new ss 527C and 527F), 22 (to the extent it ins new ss 553(2), 554–555 and 557) commenced 8 November 2014 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2))
remaining provisions commenced on date of assent
Amending legislation
Queensland Building and Construction Commission and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 57 ss 1, 2(b), pt 5 (amends 2013 No. 58 above)
date of assent 27 October 2014
commenced on date of assent
Further Education and Training Act 2014 No. 25 ss 1–2, 223 sch 1 pt 2
date of assent 21 May 2014
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2014 (2014 SL No. 102)
Crime and Misconduct and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 21 ss 1, 2(2), 94(2) sch 2
date of assent 21 May 2014
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2014 (2014 SL No. 107)
Public Safety Business Agency Act 2014 No. 17 ss 1, 184 sch 1 pt 2
date of assent 21 May 2014
commenced on date of assent
Queensland Building and Construction Commission and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 57 ss 1, 2(b), pt 4
date of assent 27 October 2014
commenced on date of assent
Mental Health Act 2016 No. 5
date of assent 04 March 2016
Plumbing and Drainage and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 11
date of assent 24 March 2016
pts 1–4A, ss 24–25, 36 sch 1 commenced on date of assent
pt 5 (other than ss 24–25) commence 1 July 2016 (2016 SL No. 52)
Industrial Relations Act 2016 No. 63
date of assent 09 December 2016
Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 No. 24
date of assent 25 August 2017
ch 1 pt 1 hdgs, pt 2–3, chs 2–7, sch 1 comm 1 January 2018 (2017 SL No. 196)
Housing Legislation (Building Better Futures) Amendment Act 2017 No. 42
date of assent 10 November 2017
ss 1–2, pt 3, ss 8, 13, 14, 53 (to the extent it ins new pt 16), 59–63, 66–70, 72–74, 77–80, pt 6, ss 87, 109 (1), (2), 114, 140, 144, 146, 147A, 150 (to the extent it ins new pt 15, div 3 hdg and new s 237M) comm on date of assent (see s 2)
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 12
date of assent 11 April 2019
pts 2–5 comm 1 September 2019 (2019 SL No. 163)
Housing Legislation Amendment Act 2021 No. 19
date of assent 20 October 2021
ch 2 pt 2, s 107 sch 1 pt 1 comm on date of assent
ch 2 pt 3 (amd 2022 No. 19 s 54 sch 1), s 107 sch 1 pt 2 comm 1 October 2022 (2022 SL No. 16)
State Penalties Enforcement (Modernisation) Amendment Act 2022 No. 10
date of assent 10 June 2022
pt 3 comm 1 July 2022 (see s 2 (2) (a))
Public Sector Act 2022 No. 34
date of assent 12 December 2022
s 365 sch 3 comm 1 March 2023 (see s 2)
Local Government Electoral and Other Legislation (Expenditure Caps) Amendment Act 2023 No. 8
date of assent 02 May 2023
pt 4A comm 1 July 2023 (see s 2 (2))
Property Law Act 2023 No. 27
date of assent 02 November 2023
s 289 sch 3 comm 1 August 2025 (2024 SL No. 209) (proposed commencement 3 November 2025 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2) (2024 SL No. 149))
Disaster Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 22
date of assent 09 May 2024
s 92 sch 1 comm 1 July 2024 (2024 SL No. 69)
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 27
date of assent 06 June 2024
pt 2 (other than div 3) comm on date of assent
s 85 (other than to the extent it ins ss 582–587) comm 16 August 2024 (2024 SL No. 158 item 1)
ss 52 (other than to the extent it ins s 84B (3)), 53 (other than to the extent it ins s 99B (3)), 54–61, 72–73, 75–77, 84, 85 (to the extent it is ss 583–587), 86, 87(1), (2) (to the extent it ins def reletting costs) comm 30 September 2024 (2024 SL No. 158 item 2)
ss 50–51, 52 (to the extent it ins s 84B (3)), 53 (to the extent it ins s 99B (3)), 62–71, 74, 78–83, 85 (to the extent it ins s 582), 87(2) (other than to the extent it ins def reletting costs), (3) comm 1 May 2025 (2024 SL No. 158 item 3)
History notes
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
| Government Bill | |
| Introduced: 28 October 2008 |  Bill (Introduction)
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| 3rd Reading: 02 December 2008 | Bill (3rd Reading)
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| Assent: 11 December 2008 | Act 2008, No. 73
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