RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 69A Tribunal may terminate residential tenancy agreement where tenant would otherwise suffer undue hardship

This legislation has been repealed.

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 69A

69A Tribunal may terminate residential tenancy agreement where tenant would otherwise suffer undue hardship

(1) The Tribunal may, on application by a tenant under a residential tenancy agreement, make an order terminating the agreement if it is satisfied that the tenant would, in the special circumstances of the case, suffer undue hardship if the agreement were not terminated.

(2) If the Tribunal makes an order terminating a residential tenancy agreement under this section, the Tribunal:

(a) is also to make an order for the repossession by the landlord of the residential premises specifying the day on which the order takes effect, and

(b) may make such other orders as it thinks fit (including an order that the tenant pay to the landlord compensation for the landlord's loss of the tenancy).

(3) The landlord must take all reasonable steps to mitigate the loss and is not entitled to compensation for any loss that could have been avoided by taking those steps.