Surprise, Surprise!
But, but, but, according to the tenants-are-angels implication in his OIA reply, Steve Watson, National Manager, Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team, says:
S 40(1)(a) of the RTA says:
But, for some strange reason, not paying the rent is not declared to be an unlawful act! How odd!
Anyways, if anyone on these forums ever doubted that the Tenancy Services Compliance and Investigations Team (or the Chief Executive) was 1,000% pro-tenant and 10,000% anti-LL, here's the response to my questions:
Source: DOIA 1819-0360 letter dated 17 September 2018.
Originally posted by donna
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Originally posted by Steve Watson
The tenant shall (a) pay the rent as and when it is due and payable under the tenancy agreement
Anyways, if anyone on these forums ever doubted that the Tenancy Services Compliance and Investigations Team (or the Chief Executive) was 1,000% pro-tenant and 10,000% anti-LL, here's the response to my questions:
1) How many Residential Tenancies Act breaches by tenants have been identified and acted
upon by the Tenancy Services Compliance and Investigations Team (or the Chief Executive) of
its own volition?
None
2) How many breaches of the Residential Tenancies Act by tenants have been reported to and
acted upon by the Tenancy Services Compliance and Investigations Team from landladies or
landlords?
None
3) Where any RTA breaches by tenants have been identified, has The Tenancy Sen/ices
Compliance and investigations Team used any interventions and enforcement activities to
ensure that those tenants comply with their obligations under the Act?
No
4) Has the Chief Executive assisted in enforcing an Order of the Tribunal against a tenant and if
so, on how many occasions and how successful was that assistance on those occasions? (Ref;
s113RTA)
No
upon by the Tenancy Services Compliance and Investigations Team (or the Chief Executive) of
its own volition?
None
2) How many breaches of the Residential Tenancies Act by tenants have been reported to and
acted upon by the Tenancy Services Compliance and Investigations Team from landladies or
landlords?
None
3) Where any RTA breaches by tenants have been identified, has The Tenancy Sen/ices
Compliance and investigations Team used any interventions and enforcement activities to
ensure that those tenants comply with their obligations under the Act?
No
4) Has the Chief Executive assisted in enforcing an Order of the Tribunal against a tenant and if
so, on how many occasions and how successful was that assistance on those occasions? (Ref;
s113RTA)
No
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