New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 13

13 Certain unexecuted residential tenancy agreements enforceable

(1) If a residential tenancy agreement has been signed by a tenant and given to the landlord or a person on the landlord’s behalf and has not been signed by the landlord:

(a) acceptance of rent by or on behalf of the landlord without reservation, or

(b) any other act of part performance of the agreement by or on behalf of the landlord,

gives to the document the same effect it would have if it had been signed by the landlord on the first day in respect of which rent was accepted or on the day on which such an act was first performed.

(2) This section applies notwithstanding section 54A (which requires contracts for sale etc of land to be in writing) of the Conveyancing Act 1919 .

(3) In this section:
"signed" includes executed by a corporation in any manner permitted by law.