RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 355
Termination of agreement by lessor if premises abandoned
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 355
Termination of agreement by lessor if premises abandoned
355 Termination of agreement by lessor if premises abandoned
(1) If the lessor believes on reasonable grounds that the tenant has abandoned
the premises, the lessor may give a notice (
"abandonment termination notice" ) to the tenant terminating the agreement.
(2) The notice must be in the approved form.
(3) The approved form must
provide for the notice—
(c) to state the lessor is terminating the
agreement because the tenant has abandoned the premises.
(4) If the tenant
does not take action under section 356about the notice within 7 days after
receiving the notice, the tenant is taken to have abandoned the premises.
(5)
For subsection (1) , reasonable grounds include the following—
(a) a failure
of the tenant to pay rent under the agreement;
(b) the presence at the
premises of uncollected mail, newspapers or other material;
(c) reports from
neighbours of the tenant or from other persons indicating the tenant has
abandoned the premises;
(d) the absence of household goods at the premises;
(e) the disconnection of services (including gas, electricity and telephone)
to the premises;
(f) a failure of the tenant to respond to an entry notice.