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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT - SECT 88A

Where drug premises order made

88A. Where drug premises order made

(1) A landlord of drug premises within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act may terminate a tenancy in respect of the premises by 14 days notice to the tenant in accordance with section 101 of this Act.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to an agreement to permit a person to reside on residential premises in relation to which a drug premises order is in force, although the agreement is not a tenancy agreement within the meaning of this Act, as if:

(a) each resident of the premises is a tenant within the meaning of this Act;

(b) the landlord is a landlord within the meaning of this Act; and

(c) the agreement under which the person is resident in the premises is a tenancy agreement under this Act.

(3) Divisions 5, 6 and 7 of Part 11 and sections 154 and 155 apply in relation to a notice issued under subsection (1) in respect of premises to which an agreement referred to in subsection (2) relates.

(4) An agreement referred to in subsection (2) includes a lease in relation to which the Tenancy Act continues to apply by virtue of section 160(2).



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