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

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: 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: 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.

Useful Resources:

• Termination webpage
• Termination economic reasons factsheet
• Termination economic reasons flowchart
• BCCM Form 29 – Notice of termination plan resolution
• BCCM Form 30 – Notice of termination resolution