Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL PARKS (LONG-STAY TENANTS) ACT 2006 - SECT 39

39 .         Termination by park operator for non-payment of rent

        (1A)         In this section —

        default day means the day on or before which the park operator requires the amount of outstanding rent to be paid.

        (1)         If a long-stay tenant does not pay rent in accordance with the long-stay agreement, the park operator may give to the tenant, in accordance with this section —

            (a)         a notice of termination; or

            (b)         a default notice and, if the rent is not paid in full on or before the default day in the default notice, a notice of termination.

        (2)         A notice of termination under subsection (1)(a) or (b) must —

            (a)         specify the amount of rent outstanding; and

            (b)         specify the day (the specified day ) on which the park operator requires the long-stay tenant to give vacant possession of the agreed premises to the park operator; and

            (c)         tell the tenant that, if the amount is not paid in full on or before the specified day, the park operator is entitled to terminate the long-stay agreement under this Act; and

            (d)         comply with section 38.

        (3)         A default notice under subsection (1)(b) must —

            (a)         specify the amount of rent outstanding; and

            (b)         specify the default day; and

            (c)         tell the long-stay tenant that, if the amount is not paid in full on or before the default day, the park operator is entitled to give to the tenant a notice of termination under this Act; and

            (d)         comply with section 37.

        (4)         The following provisions apply where the park operator gives a default notice to the long-stay tenant under subsection (1)(b) —

            (a)         the default day in the default notice must be at least 14 days after the day on which the default notice was given to the tenant;

            (b)         if the park operator also gives the tenant a notice of termination under subsection (1)(b), the specified day in the notice of termination must be at least 7 days after the default day in the default notice;

            (c)         if the park operator makes an application to the State Administrative Tribunal under section 66 in relation to the notice of termination, the application may be heard and determined even if the rent is paid in full before the time set down for hearing the application.

        (5)         The following provisions apply where the park operator gives a notice of termination to the long-stay tenant under subsection (1)(a) without having first given a default notice under subsection (1)(b) —

            (a)         the specified day in the notice of termination must be at least 7 days after the day on which the notice of termination is given to the tenant;

            (b)         if the park operator makes an application to the State Administrative Tribunal under section 66 in relation to the notice of termination, the park operator must withdraw the application if the rent and the amount of the filing fee for the application are both paid in full more than 24 hours before the time set down for hearing the application.

        (6)         The specified day in a notice of termination given under subsection (1)(a) or (b) may be —

            (a)         a day earlier than the last day of the fixed term of a fixed term tenancy; or

            (b)         a day earlier than the last day of a period of a periodic tenancy.

        [Section 39 amended: No. 28 of 2020 s. 38.]