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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 7 Hansard (6 June) . . Page.. 2123 ..


Attachment H

QUESTION ON NOTICE 196

INQUIRIES, REVIEWS, COMMITTEES AND TASKFORCES

(Established since November 2001)

Agency name: JUSTICE & COMMUNITY SAFETY

Name of inquiry / review / committee / taskforce:

Review of the Residential Tenancy Act 1997

Established: May 2002

Cost to Date (as at 31 May 2002): $0

Reporting Date: 30 August 2002

Terms of Reference / Guidelines:

The review should be based on an assessment of the past four years of operation of the Act and the operation of the Residential Tenancy Tribunal. In addition to identifying problems with the operation of the Act, the review should also examine the following issues:

Should section 64 of the Act be amended to not apply to a purchaser on notice? Should the Consumer Price Index (Privately-owned dwelling rents expenditure class) continue to be used in determining rental increases?

Should the definition of "leasehold" or "quiet enjoyment" be varied as a result of the decisions in Anthony Worrall v. Commissioner for Housing for the ACT or McDermott v Boggs?

Whether the range of orders available to the Tribunal should be varied?

Whether additional alternative terms should be included in the prescribed terms (the standard terms inferred into leases covered by the Act)?

Whether specific provision should be made concerning co-operative housing?

What role the police should have in eviction processes:'


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