COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill - Amendment paper No 070
COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill - Amendment paper No 070
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COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill - Amendment paper No 070
No 70
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill
Proposed amendments
Hon Julie Anne Genter, in Committee, to move the following amendments:
Schedule 5
In Schedule 5, clause 4, in new Schedule 5, clause 3(3), replace paragraph (a) (page 24, lines 15 to 18) with:
(a)
a COVID-19 public health order is or will be made containing measures that limit the purposes for which people in the area may leave their place of residence; and
In Schedule 5, clause 4, in new Schedule 5, after clause 13 (page 32, after line 35) insert:
Rent increases
14 Application of clauses 15 and 16
Clauses 15 and 16 apply for a period starting on the commencement date of a COVID-19 tenancies order and ending 20 working days after the expiration of a COVID-19 tenancies order.
15 Rent increases
(1)
The rent payable in respect of any tenancy may not be increased.
(2)
If a notice to increase rent was given in accordance with this Act before the commencement date of a COVID-19 tenancies order, and the rent increase has not taken effect before that date, the notice is of no effect.
16 Increasing rent an unlawful act
(1)
A landlord commits an unlawful act if they increase or purport to increase rent knowing they are not entitled under this Act to increase the rent.
(2)
The maximum amount that a person may be ordered to pay under section 109 for the unlawful act is $6,500.
Explanatory note
The purpose of this SOP is to improve protections for people living in rental accommodation during periods of Alert Level 3 and 4. This would expand the protection from tenancy termination under the Bill to apply during Alert Level 3 as well as Alert Level 4. It would also establish protections against increases in rents during Alert Levels 3 and 4, and the immediate period following.
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COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill - Amendment paper No 070
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