RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 142ZZ Resident may challenge notice to vacate on grounds of family violence or personal violence
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 142ZZ
Resident may challenge notice to vacate on grounds of family violence or personal violence(1) On or before the hearing of an application for a possession order, a resident who has received a notice to vacate under section 142ZB, 142ZC, 142ZD, 142ZE, 142ZG, 142ZH or 142ZI may apply to the Tribunal challenging the validity of the notice to vacate on the grounds that the relevant act or breach for which the notice to vacate was given was caused by the act of a person who has subjected the resident to family violence or personal violence.
(2) An application under subsection (1) must be made within 30 days after the notice to vacate is given.
S. 142ZZA inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 237 (as amended by Nos 32/2020 s. 11, 1/2021 s. 95).