New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsWhere a landlord has commenced such proceedings for possession the Court may, on the application of the tenant or his or her assignee and upon payment by such tenant or assignee of rent and arrears the recovery of which by action was not, on the date when the proceedings for possession were brought, barred by the Limitation Act 1969 , and costs, stay permanently, at any time before judgment for possession has been entered, such proceedings.