Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 70

70 Continuation of fixed term agreements

(1) This section applies to a residential tenancy agreement if—

(a) it creates a residential tenancy for a fixed term; and

(b) none of the following notices is given, or agreements or applications made before the day the term ends (the
"end day" )—

(i) a notice to leave;

(ii) a notice of intention to leave;

(iii) an abandonment termination notice;

(iv) a notice, agreement or application relating to the death of a sole tenant under section 324A ;

(v) a separate written agreement between the lessor and tenant to end the residential tenancy agreement under section 277 (a) .

(2) After the end day, the agreement continues to apply—

(a) on the same terms on which it applied immediately before the end day (other than any term about the agreement’s term); and

(b) on the basis the tenant is holding over under a periodic agreement.

(3) This section does not stop the lessor and tenant under an agreement that creates a residential tenancy for a fixed term from entering into another agreement with each other for a tenancy of the premises starting at the end of the fixed term.

(4) This section does not apply to a residential tenancy agreement if the tenancy is a short tenancy (moveable dwelling).

Note—

An agreement ends in the circumstances stated in section 277 .