Residential Tenancies Act 1986

109A Tribunal may restrain further commissions of unlawful acts

(1)

If the Tribunal makes an order against a person under section 109 on the ground that the person has committed an unlawful act, the Tribunal may, if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, make an order restraining the person from committing a further act of the same kind.

(2)

The Tribunal may make an order under subsection (1) on its own initiative or on the application of the applicant who applied for the order, under section 109, against the person sought to be restrained.

(3)

The Tribunal must specify the term of the order, which may not exceed 6 years.

(4)

Every person commits an offence who, being subject to an order under this section, intentionally contravenes the order.

(5)

A person who commits an offence against subsection (4) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,600.

Section 109A: inserted, on 1 October 2010, by section 72 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 95).

Section 109A(5): amended, on 11 February 2021, by section 58 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 59).

Section 109A(5): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).