Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1994 - SECT 58

(1) A person is a contributor for a rental bond--

(a) if the person is the tenant and there are no cotenants; or

(b) if--

(i) the person is a cotenant; and

(ii) the authority is satisfied the person is responsible for payment of the bond or part of the bond.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1)(b)(ii), the authority may be satisfied a person is responsible for payment of a rental bond or part of a rental bond--

(a) because the rental bond notice for the agreement indicates the person paid the bond or contributed to payment of the bond; or

(b) because a cotenant--

(i) is shown on the rental bond notice for the agreement to have paid the bond; and

(ii) has given the authority a written notice naming the person as a contributor for the bond; or

(c) because a former cotenant--

(i) is shown on the rental bond notice for the agreement to have contributed to payment of the bond; and

(ii) has given the authority a written notice naming the person as a contributor for the bond in place of the former cotenant.