Northern Territory Numbered Regulations

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2021 (NO 23 OF 2021) - REG 5

Schedule 2, after clause 18

insert

19.     Keeping pets

    (1)     If the tenant wishes to keep a pet on the premises, the tenant must first give the landlord written notice describing the proposed pet.

    (2)     The landlord has 14 days after receiving the notice under subclause (1) to object to the tenant keeping the pet by:

(a)     giving the tenant written notice of the objection and the reason for the objection; and

(b)     making an application to the Tribunal under section 65B of the Act.

    (3)     The tenant must not keep the pet on the premises before the expiry of the 14-day period referred to in subclause (2).

    (4)     If the landlord does not apply to the Tribunal under section 65B of the Act within the 14-day period referred to in subclause (2), the tenant may keep the pet on the premises.

    (5)     If the landlord applies to the Tribunal under section 65B of the Act within the 14-day period referred to in subclause (2), the tenant must not keep the pet on the premises unless the Tribunal orders that the landlord's objection to the keeping of the pet is unreasonable and that the tenant may keep the pet on the premises.