Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010

Schedule
New Schedules 1 and 1A substituted

s 88

Schedule 1
Clauses for rent increases in fixed-term tenancy agreements

s 24(1A)

Select one of the following:

Provision A

The landlord may review the rent from time to time and may increase the rent in accordance with section 24 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986. No increase will take effect within 180 days after the date of the commencement of the tenancy or within 180 days after the date on which the last increase took effect.

Provision B

The rent will be reviewed from time to time and may be increased once in each year to take effect on [date] if prior notice of the increase has been given in accordance with section 24(1)(a) to (c) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

Provision C

The rent will increase by $[amount] on [date], being a date that is at least 180 days after the commencement of the tenancy, and will then increase by the same amount on [date/dates], being [a date that is] [dates that in each case are] at least 180 days after the previous rent increase.

Schedule 1A
Amounts for unlawful acts

s 109(4)

Section  Amount ($)
12 (Unlawful discrimination)4,000
16A(6) (Landlord failing to appoint agent when outside New Zealand for longer than 21 consecutive days)1,000
17 (Requiring key money)1,000
18 (Landlord requiring bond greater than amount permitted)1,000
18A (Requiring unauthorised form of security)1,000
19(2) (Breach of duties of landlord on receipt of bond)1,000
23 (Landlord requiring rent more than 2 weeks in advance or before rent already paid expires)1,000
27(2) (Landlord requiring rent in excess of market rent order)200
29 (Failure by landlord to give receipts for rent)200
33 (Landlord seizing or disposing of tenant’s goods)2,000
38(3) (Interference with privacy of tenant)2,000
40(2)(ab) (Interference, etc, with means of escape from fire)3,000
40(3A)(a) (Failing to observe, without reasonable excuse, the tenant’s duties upon termination)1,000
40(3A)(c) (Using or permitting premises to be used for unlawful purpose)1,000
40(3A)(d) (Harassment of tenant or neighbour)2,000
40(3A)(e) (Tenant failing to ensure number of residents does not exceed maximum allowed)1,000
44(2A) (Assigning or subletting a tenancy when prohibited to do so or without the landlord’s written consent)1,000
45(1A) (Landlord’s failure to meet obligations in respect of cleanliness, maintenance, or building, or health and safety requirements)3,000
45(2A) (Landlord interfering with supply of services to premises)1,000
46(3) (Altering locks without consent of other party)1,000
48(4)(a) (Unlawful entry by landlord)1,000
61(5) (Abandonment of premises without reasonable excuse)1,000
66G(4) (Harassment of tenant in boarding house)2,000
66I(4) (Landlord of boarding house failing to meet obligations in respect of cleanliness, maintenance, or building, or health and safety requirements)3,000
66J(4) (Landlord of boarding house interfering with services or failing to advise that premises on the market)1,000
66K(2)(b) (Interference, etc, with means of escape from fire)3,000
66K(4)(b) (Using or permitting premises to be used for unlawful purposes)1,000
66K(4)(c) (Harassment of neighbour)2,000
66P(4) (Landlord of boarding house failing to comply with order relating to house rules)2,000
66T(1) (Contraventions relating to entry, or attempted entry, of tenant’s room in boarding house)1,000
66X(5) (Abandonment of premises without reasonable excuse)1,000
108(2A) (Intentional breach of work order)3,000
137(2) (Contracting to contravene or evade the provisions of this Act)1,000