Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) If a tenant purports to serve a termination notice on a lessor and vacates the premises in accordance with the notice, even though the notice is not in the form approved under section 133 (Approved forms—Minister) for a termination notice—
(a) the residential tenancy agreement terminates on the vacation of the premises in accordance with the notice; and
(b) the former lessor may apply to the ACAT for compensation for the tenant's abandonment of the premises.
(2) The ACAT must award compensation to a person who makes an application mentioned in subsection (1) (b) unless satisfied that the person was not in a significantly worse position because of the defect in the notice than the person would have been had the notice been in the approved form.