PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 131 Form and contents of notice

PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 131

131 Form and contents of notice

(1) A landlord or a tenant may give notice to terminate either orally or in writing, but a notice by a landlord to a tenant shall not be enforceable under division 5 unless it is in writing.

(2) A notice in writing—

(a) shall be signed by the person giving the notice or by the person’s agent; and

(b) shall identify the land or premises in respect of which the notice is given; and

(c) shall state the date on which the tenancy is to terminate or that the tenancy is to terminate on the last day of the period of the tenancy next following the giving of the notice.

(3) A notice may state both—

(a) the date on which the tenancy is to terminate; and

(b) that the tenancy is to terminate on the last day of the period of the tenancy next following the giving of the notice;

and, if it does state both, and the date on which the tenancy is to terminate is incorrectly stated, the notice shall be effective to terminate the tenancy on the last day of the period of the tenancy next following the giving of the notice.

(4) A notice need not be in a particular form, but a notice by a landlord to a tenant, or by a tenant to a landlord, may be in the approved form.