Residential Tenancies Act 1997
43Breach of standard residential tenancy terms
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43 Breach of standard residential tenancy terms (1) On application by a tenant, the ACAT may terminate a residential tenancy agreement if satisfied that— (a) the lessor has breached the standard residential tenancy terms; and (b) the breach of the standard residential tenancy terms was not in accordance with a term of the residential tenancy agreement endorsed by the ACAT; and (c) the breach justifies the termination of the tenancy.
in accordance with subsection (1); and (i) the tenant would suffer significant hardship if the agreement were not terminated within 2 weeks after the would suffer if the tenancy were terminated within 2 weeks after that day; the ACAT must order that the agreement be terminated at a specified time within 2 weeks after the making of the decision to terminate the tenancy. in accordance with subsection (1); and (b) the ACAT is not satisfied in relation to the matters mentioned in the ACAT must order that the agreement be terminated at a specified time not less than 2 weeks after the making of the decision to terminate.