RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 85 Termination of periodic agreement--no grounds required to be given

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 85

85 Termination of periodic agreement--no grounds required to be given

(1) A landlord may, at any time, give a termination notice for a periodic agreement.

(2) The termination notice must specify a termination date that is not earlier than 90 days after the day on which the notice is given.

(2A) Despite subsection (2), in the case of an employee or caretaker residential tenancy agreement, the termination notice must specify a termination date that is--

(a) on or after the end of the period of notice for termination agreed to by the landlord and the employee or caretaker in that agreement or arrangement, or

(b) not earlier than 28 days after the day on which the notice is given,

whichever is the later date.

(3) The Tribunal must, on application by a landlord, make a termination order if it is satisfied that a termination notice was given in accordance with this section and the tenant has not vacated the premises as required by the notice.

(4) This section does not apply to a residential tenancy agreement if the tenant has been in continual possession of the same residential premises for a period of 20 years or more.