Residential Tenancy Amendment Regulations 2024


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Residential Tenancy Amendment Regulations 2024

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 .

9 July 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MADELEINE OGILVIE

Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Residential Tenancy Amendment Regulations 2024 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 20 September 2024.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Residential Tenancy Regulations 2015 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 8A inserted

After regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:

8A.   Non-application of certain provisions of Act to primary production residential tenancy agreement

(1)  In this regulation –
primary production residential tenancy agreement means a residential tenancy agreement for residential premises that are –
(a) situated on primary production land, within the meaning of section 7(1)(a) of the Land Tax Act 2000 ; and
(b) made available to a party to an employment contract, or employment agreement, in relation to primary production taking place on that land.
(2)  Section 11 and Part 4 of the Act do not apply to a primary production residential tenancy agreement.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 17 July 2024

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Residential Tenancy Regulations 2015 by excluding certain agreements and premises from the application of certain provisions of the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 .