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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 91ZF

Successive breaches by residential rental provider

    (1)     A renter under a fixed term residential rental agreement may give a residential rental provider a notice of intention to vacate rented premises without first serving a breach of duty notice if—

        (a)     the residential rental provider has breached a duty provision; and

        (b)     on 2 previous occasions the residential rental provider has been in breach of the same provision; and

        (c)     the renter has on each occasion referred to in paragraph (b) given a breach of duty notice to the residential rental provider.

    (2)     If the renter gives a breach of duty notice to the residential rental provider in respect of the breach of a duty provision, the renter must not give the residential rental provider a notice of intention to vacate under this section unless the residential rental provider has not complied with the breach of duty notice within the required time.

    (3)     The notice must specify a termination date that is not less than 14 days after the date on which the notice is given.

S. 91ZG inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 236 (as amended by Nos 47/2019 s. 82, 32/2020 ss 10, 13, 1/2021 s. 94).



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