--- title: "21370 – Tenancy & Consumer Protection Law" url: https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/21370-tenancy-consumer-protection-law/ date: 2026-08-18 modified: 2026-10-01 lang: en author: "Nicklas Clark" description: "APN Codex Node 21370 21300 Series — Legislation & Policy Analysis Tenancy & Consumer Protection Law Cadence Quarterly Current Z NIL RETURN 1Node Definition Tenancy & Consumer Protection Law (21370)..." word_count: 453 --- # 21370 – Tenancy & Consumer Protection Law APN Codex Node 21370 21300 Series — Legislation & Policy Analysis ### Tenancy & Consumer Protection Law CadenceQuarterly Current ZNIL RETURN 1Node Definition Tenancy & Consumer Protection Law (21370) tracks the regulatory intensity of residential tenancy and consumer protection legislation as it bears on rental-market participants — landlords, agents, and tenants alike. Coverage limitation The certified baseline draws on New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland tenancy legislation, covering approximately 75% of the national rental market by transaction volume. Other states and territories are not currently represented in the node's regulatory corpus. 2Metric Definition **Primary metric: Node Composite Z-Score** **Metric typology:** Step-Function Carry-Forward Composite — the node's reading holds constant between discrete legislative events and steps when a material tenancy or consumer-protection law change is recorded, the same construction convention used across the 21300 series. 3Analytical Interpretation No standardised reading is published. The construct counted legal obligations in the tenancy statutes of three of the eight jurisdictions, a series that changes only when a law commences, and a Z-score on such a series measures when a law began rather than the conditions it governs. A register of tenancy rule settings across all eight jurisdictions, each dated from primary government sources, is being designed in its place. 4Other Components The other seven components of Legislation & Policy Analysis (21300). [Node 21310Tax LawsReads duty collected on property transfers relative to the value of the residential dwelling stock.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/21310-tax-laws/) [Node 21320Planning Regulations & Zoning PolicyReads the share of new dwelling approvals that are not detached houses, as a measure of how far the planning system permits medium- and higher-density supply.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/21320-planning-regulations-zoning-policy/) [Node 21330Housing Policy (Affordable, Social)Reads social housing as a share of all residential dwellings, once a year at 30 June.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/21330-housing-policy-affordable-social/) [Node 21340Foreign Investment PolicyRecords the rules that apply when a foreign person buys residential property, from Commonwealth fees and access rules to state and territory duty and land-tax surcharges.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/series-21340/) [Node 21350Banking & Lending RegulationRecords APRA's rules for assessing and writing new home loans, and how much they reduce the largest loan a borrower can be approved for.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/series-21350/) [Node 21360Sustainability & Environmental PoliciesCovers the energy and environmental requirements that apply to new homes. No standardised reading is published while a register of these settings is designed.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/21360-sustainability-environmental-policies/) [Node 21380Housing Policy OutcomesGroups quarterly measures of what housing policy produces, as distinct from the policy settings read elsewhere in this series.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/series-21380/) [Parent branch21300 — Legislation & Policy Analysis](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-21000/series-21300/) 5Certification Statement Tenancy & Consumer Protection Law (21370) holds Active status and publishes no standardised reading (NIL RETURN). Sections 1 and 2 describe the obligation-count construct as a record of the method; it is not published as a reading. A register of tenancy rule settings across all eight jurisdictions is being designed in its place.