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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

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66E: Outgoings

You could also call this:

"What you pay for when renting a room"

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You rent a room in a boarding house. The landlord pays for most costs. The landlord pays for costs like rates and insurance for the whole boarding house. You pay for some costs, like electricity and internet, if they are just for your room. You are responsible for costs that are just for your room. This includes things like your phone and internet bills. If your landlord provides you with services, like laundry or meals, they must give you a weekly bill for these services. The landlord is in charge of paying for things that everyone in the boarding house uses. This includes costs for common areas, like the kitchen or lounge. You only pay for things that are just for you, like your own electricity or phone bill.

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Part 2ABoarding house tenancies
Boarding house tenancy agreements

66EOutgoings

  1. The landlord is responsible for all outgoings in respect of the boarding house that are incurred—

  2. whether or not the boarding house is occupied; or
    1. for common facilities; or
      1. in respect of rooms that are occupied by more than 1 tenant.

        1. Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the landlord is responsible for the cost of—

        2. the general rate (within the meaning of section 13 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002) payable in respect of the boarding house; and
          1. insurance premiums payable in respect of the boarding house.

            1. A tenant is responsible for all outgoings that are exclusively attributable to the tenant’s occupation of a room that is exclusively occupied by the tenant.

            2. Without limiting the generality of subsection (3), the tenant is responsible for the following charges, incurred during the tenancy, in respect of the premises:

            3. electricity and gas supplied to the tenant’s boarding room, if the supply is separately metered for that room:
              1. telephone and Internet connected to the tenant’s boarding room.

                1. If the landlord provides services to a tenant, and payment for those services is not included in the rent, the landlord must provide the tenant each week with an itemised account of the services provided and the amount payable by the tenant.

                Notes
                • Section 66E: inserted, on , by section 49 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 95).