New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LANDLORD AND TENANT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1948 - SECT 19

19 Notice of application

(1) Where an application has been made for the determination of the fair rent of any prescribed premises other than shared accommodation, the applicant shall give at least seven days’ notice in writing of the time, date and place fixed for the determination of the application to the lessor or lessee, if any, as the case may be, of the prescribed premises.

(2) Where an application is made by a mesne lessor or mesne lessee, or by a sub-lessor or a sub-lessee, the applicant shall give at least seven days’ notice in writing of the time, date and place fixed for the determination of the application to his or her superior lessor, and the superior lessor shall be entitled to be a party to the application.

(3) Where a superior lessor to whom notice is given under subsection (2) or under this subsection is himself or herself a lessee, mesne lessee or sub-lessee, he or she shall forthwith give notice in writing of the time, date and place fixed for the determination of the application to his or her superior lessor, and the superior lessor shall be entitled to be a party to the application.

(4) Where any prescribed premises other than shared accommodation in respect of which an application is made are the subject of a mortgage, the lessor shall give notice in writing of the time, date and place fixed for the determination of the application to the mortgagee, who shall be entitled to be a party to the application.
Notice under this subsection shall:

(a) where the lessor is the applicant-be given at least seven days before the date fixed for the determination of the application, and

(b) in any other case-be given forthwith upon the receipt of notice of the application under subsection (1), (2) or (3).