May 2025 has seen the introduction of a range of Queensland rental law reforms. One of the most significant for landlords and tenants is changes to landlord right of entry provisions. Read on to find out everything you need to know to comply with these rental law changes.
Rules of entry
Rules of entry for Queensland rental properties include:
- Prescribed reasons for entry.
- Prescribed notice periods.
- Prescribed times for entry.
Failure to comply with the rules of entry to a Queensland rental property can result in a fine of $3,226 for landlords or their property managers.
Prescribed reasons for entering a Queensland rental property
Valid reasons for landlords, property managers or their authorised representatives to enter a Queensland rental property include:
- Routine inspections.
- Repairs and maintenance.
- Repairs and maintenance inspections.
- Smoke alarm compliance checks.
- Safety switch compliance checks.
- Prospective property buyer or tenant inspections.
- Property valuations.
- Genuine emergencies.
- Checking on breach of lease agreement remedies.
- If the property has been abandoned by the tenant.
Prescribed notice periods for entering a Queensland rental property
Routine property inspections require 7 days’ notice to be given to tenants, and they cannot occur more regularly than quarterly.
No notice period is required for a property manager or landlord to enter a rental property in a genuine emergency (for example, if the tenant or the property is in danger of harm).
There has been no change to notice periods for routine inspections or emergency entry in the latest Queensland rental law reforms.
However, notice periods have been increased from 24 hours to 48 hours for the following entry purposes:
- Repairs and maintenance.
- Inspections of completed repairs and maintenance within 14 days of completion.
- Smoke alarm compliance checks.
- Safety switch compliance checks.
- Prospective property buyer or tenant inspections.
- Property valuations.
- If the landlord or property manager has given the tenant notice to remedy a breach of the lease agreement, entry can occur within 14 days of the deadline for remedying the breach to check that the issue has been resolved.
- If the landlord or property manager believes the property has been abandoned.
Prescribed times for entering a Queensland rental property
Unless otherwise agreed by the tenant, rental properties can only be entered between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday. There has been no change to property entry times in the latest Queensland rental law reforms.
Other Queensland rental law reforms from 1 May 2025
Other Queensland rental law reforms that have come into effect in May 2025 include:
- Limits to the extent of personal information that can be collected as part of the rental application process, as well as provisions for how that information must be securely stored, how long it must be retained, how it can be accessed and used, and how it must be securely destroyed.
- The introduction of standardised rental application forms.
The bottom line
Prompt, clear and respectful communication between landlords, property managers and tenants is the foundation of hassle-free rental properties.
How our Purple Cow property management team can help you
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