New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 27

27 Alterations, additions etc to residential premises

(1) It is a term of every residential tenancy agreement that:

(a) the tenant shall not, except with the landlord’s written consent or unless the agreement otherwise provides, affix any fixture or make any renovation, alteration or addition to the residential premises,

(b) the tenant shall not, except with the landlord’s written consent or unless the agreement otherwise provides, remove any fixture that the tenant has affixed to the residential premises,

(d) if the tenant causes any damage to the residential premises by removing any fixture affixed by the tenant, the tenant shall notify the landlord and, at the landlord’s request, repair the damage or compensate the landlord for the landlord’s reasonable expenses in repairing the damage, and

(e) if the landlord withholds or refuses consent to the removal of a fixture affixed by the tenant, the landlord shall without delay compensate the tenant for the value of the fixture.

(2) Despite section 133B of the Conveyancing Act 1919 or any other law, it is not an implied term of a residential tenancy agreement that the landlord shall not unreasonably withhold or refuse consent to any proposed action by the tenant referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b).