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Rental claim response (ACAT bond or security deposit): completion guide
Link to the ACAT form titled Rental Claim Response. The file name is Rental-Bond-or-Security-Deposit-Claim-Response.pdf. The page states no form number. The PDF was not opened.
- Kind
- Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Where it applies
- Australian Capital Territory
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the official form at acat.act.gov.au and the authority it cites, for Australian Capital Territory.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Link to the official form. Licence: © ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Link only: download the current Rental Claim Response each time; do not copy or adapt it.
Where this comes from
The official form is published by acat.act.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.
When to use it
Use when the response is to an ACAT rental bond or security deposit claim, as that file name describes. It is not the response to a dispute under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997, and it is not a tenant's response to a termination or possession application unless the lawyer confirms this is the right file. The tool does not write the response.
Used for these tasks
- Dispute a landlord's bond claim for a tenant
- Prepare the tenant's response to a termination or possession application
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may check that the current file is the Rental Claim Response and list gaps. The lawyer writes the response and checks every answer before it is lodged.
AI may
- Check the file name Rental-Bond-or-Security-Deposit-Claim-Response.pdf against the document on the file
- Flag the separate Residential Tenancies Act response, which is a different PDF on the same page
- List that no form number and no time limit were stated for this response
AI must not
- Must not draft the response, a defence of the bond, or any words that would be lodged
- Must not use this file as the termination or possession response unless the lawyer has selected it
- Must not invent a fee, a time limit or a form number
- Must not sign or lodge the response
The lawyer checks
- The dispute is a bond or security deposit claim, matching the file name
- The general tenancy response on the same page is not used in its place
- The PDF was not opened. Its questions are taken from the current file
- The court's or tribunal's current index is checked before assuming a generative-AI practice direction applies. None was stated on the page opened for this guide.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer. Licence: © ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Link only: download the current Rental Claim Response each time; do not copy or adapt it..
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