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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
46FCo-tenancies—lessor to give notice to other co-tenants
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46F Co-tenancies—lessor to give notice to other co-tenants
and Territory
(1) This section applies if a co-tenant gives a family violence termination
notice to the lessor for a residential tenancy agreement.
(2) The lessor must, within 7 days after the vacating day stated in the
family violence termination notice—
(a) give each of the remaining co‑tenants a notice (a notice of
continuing tenancy) about the matters mentioned in
section 46G (2) to (5); and
(b) if a bond is held in relation to the agreement—tell the
Territory—
(i) the name of the co-tenant; and
(ii) that the lessor has received a family violence termination
notice from the co-tenant.
(3) However, the lessor must not give any of the remaining co‑tenants the
notice of continuing tenancy until after—
(a) the vacating day; and
(b) if a bond is held in relation to the agreement—telling the
Territory about the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (b).
(4) The lessor must not give any of the remaining co-tenants a supporting
document for the family violence termination notice.