RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT 1997 - SECT 53 Responsibility of tenant for cleanliness and damage
RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT 1997 - SECT 53
Responsibility of tenant for cleanliness and damage
(1) A tenant of residential premises (a) is to keep the premises in a reasonable state of cleanliness having regard to the condition of the premises at the beginning of the tenancy; and(b) at the end of the tenancy, is to leave the premises as nearly as possible in the same condition, apart from reasonable wear and tear (i) as set out in the condition report; or(ii) if there is no condition report, as the premises were at the start of the tenancy.(2) A tenant is not to be taken to have failed to comply with subsection (1) in relation to premises if (a) the failure ought reasonably to be taken to have occurred for reasons related to the socially-dislocating disease, including but not limited to the effect of any other provision of this Act included by the COVID-19 Emergency Act; or(b) it is not reasonably practicable to comply with that subsection on grounds reasonably related to the presence of that disease in the State.