Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL PARKS (LONG-STAY TENANTS) ACT 2006 - SECT 5A

5A .         Reasonable grounds for suspecting abandonment of premises

                In this Act there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a long-stay tenant has abandoned the agreed premises if —

            (a)         the tenant has failed to pay rent in accordance with the long-stay agreement; and

            (b)         one of the following applies —

                  (i)         there is uncollected mail, newspapers or other material at the agreed premises;

                  (ii)         another long-stay tenant of the residential park or another person has told the park operator that the tenant has abandoned the agreed premises;

                  (iii)         there are no goods at the agreed premises;

                  (iv)         services (including gas, electricity and telephone services) to the agreed premises have been disconnected.

        [Section 5A inserted: No. 28 of 2020 s. 5.]