Introduction of the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024

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Overview

Overview: The Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 6 June 2024. The Act includes important changes to the economic reasons termination reform provisions within the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (BCCM Act).

Background

Background: Introduced into the Queensland Parliament on 21 March 2024, the Amendment Bill aimed to make several technical amendments to the BCCM Act. The Parliament passed the Amendment Bill on 23 May 2024, and it became law on 6 June 2024.

Impact on the BCCM Act

Impact on the BCCM Act: The Amendment Bill enhances and clarifies the economic reasons termination reform provisions in the BCCM Act by:

  • Introducing the ending of leases at appropriate stages in the termination process.
  • Ensuring tenants are notified prior to the termination of leases.
  • Allowing facilitators to apply to the court to end tenancies or vacate premises when necessary.

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David Bugden

Group CEO

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors.

David started his career in Sydney as a property lawyer, working for a firm that specialised in strata and community titles. He has also run large property services businesses, including a 25,000-lot strata management business in Sydney and Perth and a multi-disciplined real estate agency in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Most of David’s career has been running innovative cloud-based technology companies that provide solutions to the global strata and property industries.

Before joining Bugden Allen, David was Chief Commercial Officer for ASX-listed Urbanise.com, a leading cloud-based strata management and FM platform. David ran the largest division of the company and was responsible for the strategy, product, sales, marketing, and customer support for their global Strata platform. In June 2015, Urbanise acquired David’s technology business Mystrata, which was a global leader in cloud-based management and accounting solutions for strata properties which he successfully ran for 12 years.

David holds degrees in law and commerce from Bond University and was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

As the Group CEO for Bugden Allen and their subsidiary technology company PropLaw Tech Solutions, David is responsible for the strategic leadership of the firm and running the services and technology businesses that support our innovative growth plans.

David Bugden

David Bugden

GROUP CEO

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors. David started his career in Sydney as a property lawyer, working for a firm that specialised in strata and community titles. He has also run large property services businesses, including a 25,000-lot strata management...

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Written by David Bugden
Group CEO

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors.

David started his career in Sydney as a property lawyer, working for a firm that specialised in strata and community titles. He has also run large property services businesses, including a 25,000-lot strata management business in Sydney and Perth and a multi-disciplined real estate agency in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Most of David’s career has been running innovative cloud-based technology companies that provide solutions to the global strata and property industries.

Before joining Bugden Allen, David was Chief Commercial Officer for ASX-listed Urbanise.com, a leading cloud-based strata management and FM platform. David ran the largest division of the company and was responsible for the strategy, product, sales, marketing, and customer support for their global Strata platform. In June 2015, Urbanise acquired David’s technology business Mystrata, which was a global leader in cloud-based management and accounting solutions for strata properties which he successfully ran for 12 years.

David holds degrees in law and commerce from Bond University and was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

As the Group CEO for Bugden Allen and their subsidiary technology company PropLaw Tech Solutions, David is responsible for the strategic leadership of the firm and running the services and technology businesses that support our innovative growth plans.

David Bugden
Written by David Bugden GROUP CEO

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors. David started his career in Sydney as a property lawyer,...

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