RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 142ZK Repairs or demolition

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 142ZK

    (1)     A rooming house operator may give a resident a notice to vacate the room occupied by the resident if—

        (a)     the rooming house operator intends to repair, renovate, reconstruct or demolish the rooming house immediately after the termination date; and

        (b)     the rooming house operator has obtained all necessary permits and consents to carry out the work; and

        (c)     the work cannot be properly carried out unless the resident vacates the rooming house.

    (2)     The notice must specify a termination date that is not less than 60 days after the date on which the notice is given.

    (3)     If—

        (a)     the proposed repairs, renovations or reconstruction will affect a resident's room but will not affect all the rooms in a rooming house; and

        (b)     a room equivalent to the resident's room at an equivalent rent is available for rent in the rooming house—

the rooming house operator must not give the notice under subsection (1) unless the rooming house operator has first offered the equivalent room to the resident and the resident has refused to occupy that room in place of the resident's current room.

Note

See section 142ZT regarding requirements for accompanying documentary evidence.

S. 142ZL inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 237 (as amended by Nos 32/2020 s. 11, 1/2021 s. 95).