RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 13 Tenant RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 13 Tenant 13 Tenant (1) A "tenant" is the person to whom the right to occupy residential premises under a residential tenancy agreement is given. Note— Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 35A , a reference in an Act to a person as lessee includes a reference to the person’s personal representatives, successors and assigns. Under schedule 1 of that Act, a lessee includes a tenant. (2) A "tenant" also includes— (a) the person to whom the right to occupy residential premises is to be given under a proposed residential tenancy agreement; and (b) the subtenant of a tenant.
