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Housing Act 2001
72APersons living with tenants liable to repay certain amounts
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#### 72A Persons living with tenants liable to repay certain amounts
72A Persons living with tenants liable to repay certain amounts
> A person is jointly and severally liable with another person (the tenant) to pay to the Corporation any amount that the tenant is liable to pay to the Corporation if—
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> > (a) the person lives or has lived with the tenant, and
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> > (b) the tenant is liable to pay the amount to the Corporation because the tenant improperly obtained a rental rebate or any other advantage or concession to which the tenant was not entitled because of the person living with the tenant, and
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> > (c) the person was over 18 years of age at the time the tenant became liable to pay the amount and knew, or should reasonably have suspected, that the tenant was improperly obtaining the rental rebate or the other advantage or concession.
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> **s 72A:** Ins 2008 No 7, Sch 1 \[3\].