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title: "Application for resolution of a tenancy dispute (ACAT): choosing the form, fees and urgent orders"
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# Application for resolution of a tenancy dispute (ACAT): choosing the form, fees and urgent orders

> Link to ACAT's rental disputes guidance and forms, with a guide to the standard tenancy dispute application, bond disputes referred by ACT Rental Bonds, fees and exemptions, urgent orders, and the agent's authority to…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/form-acat-tenancy-dispute-application  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Link to ACAT's rental disputes guidance and forms, with a guide to the standard tenancy dispute application, bond disputes referred by ACT Rental Bonds, fees and exemptions, urgent orders, and the agent's authority to act.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Residential Tenancies](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australian Capital Territory
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at acat.act.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Australian Capital Territory.

## When to use it

Use when a lessor, tenant or occupant in the Australian Capital Territory starts a rental property or occupancy dispute in the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the tribunal application for a termination and possession order](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies.md#A57-N20261018-3)
- [Build the bond claim schedule from the condition reports](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies.md#A57-N20261018-5)

## How AI may be used

AI may check the application against the tribunal's form and the documents on file and draft the orders sought for the lawyer to settle; the lawyer checks every statement and order in each application before it is signed and lodged.

**AI may:**

- Check every part of the draft application is complete and the respondent's name and address for service match the documents
- Draft the orders sought, citing the section numbers the lawyer has identified, for the lawyer to settle
- Index the supporting documents (agreements, notices, receipts, photos, correspondence) with dates and sources

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide which orders to seek or which section of the Act applies
- Must not write a party's statement of what happened in their own words, or any evidence that will be signed or sworn
- Must not sign or lodge the application

**The lawyer checks:**

- The standard application for resolution of a tenancy dispute is the right form, or a different form applies
- Bond disputes: referred by ACT Rental Bonds rather than started directly
- Fee paid, or an exemption, waiver or deferral sought
- Urgent or emergency orders sought on the online application for interim or other orders, and ACAT told of the urgency
- A lessor represented by an agent has lodged the authority to act form

## Authorities

- [ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Rental property disputes: before you apply](https://www.acat.act.gov.au/case-types/rental-disputes/before-you-start)
- [ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Forms](https://www.acat.act.gov.au/fees-and-forms/forms)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.acat.act.gov.au/case-types/rental-disputes/before-you-start)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by acat.act.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/form-acat-tenancy-dispute-application and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*