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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
6DCertain kinds of agreements not residential tenancy
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6D Certain kinds of agreements not residential tenancy
(1) A residential tenancy agreement does not include an agreement—
(a) arising under a mortgage entered into honestly in relation to the
(b) arising under a scheme if—
(i) a group of adjacent premises is owned by a company; and
(ii) the tenants who have rights to occupy the adjacent
premises are people who jointly have a controlling interest
in the company; or
(c) entered into honestly to provide a right to occupy the premises
for a holiday; or
(d) prescribed by regulation.
(2) This section is subject to the following sections:
• section 6B (Residential tenancy agreement if agreement written
and says it is residential tenancy agreement)
• section 6C (Residential tenancy agreement if agreement part of
employment).