Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts48. Premises to be clean and suitable for habitation
(1) It is a term of a tenancy agreement that the landlord must ensure that the premises and ancillary property to which the agreement relates:
(a) are habitable;
(b) meet all health and safety requirements specified under an Act that apply to residential premises or the ancillary property; and
(c) are reasonably clean when the tenant enters into occupation of the premises.
(2) It is not a breach of the term specified in subsection (1) if the failure to comply with the term is caused by:
(a) an act or omission of the tenant; or
(b) the tenant's failure to notify the landlord of repairs required to the premises.