Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT - SECT 82

(1) A tenancy is only terminated:

(a) if the landlord or tenant terminates the tenancy under this Act;

(b) if a court or the Commissioner terminates the tenancy under this Act;

(c) if the premises are abandoned before the end of the agreement - on and from the date on which rent was due and payable in relation to the premises or the date specified in a declaration under section 108 as the date on which the premises were abandoned, whichever is sooner;

(d) if a person with superior title to the landlord's title becomes entitled to possession of the premises under an order of the Commissioner or a court;

(e) if a sole tenant dies without leaving in occupation of the premises a spouse, de facto partner, or dependants, of whose occupation and relationship to the sole tenant the landlord has been notified before the death;

(f) if a tenant gives up possession of the premises with the landlord's consent; or

(g) if the interests of all tenants merge with another estate or interest in the premises.

(2) Despite subsection (1)(e), if the sole tenant in relation to a tenancy that is a tenancy within the meaning of the Housing Act dies, the tenancy is terminated whether or not a spouse, de facto partner or dependant of the sole tenant is left in occupation of the premises.