48Premises to be clean and suitable for habitation

48 Premises to be clean and suitable for habitation (1) It is a term of a tenancy agreement that the landlord must ensure that the premises and ancillary property to which the agreement relates: (a) are habitable; (b) meet all health and safety requirements specified under an Act that apply to residential premises or the ancillary property; and (c) are reasonably clean when the tenant enters into occupation of the premises.

Residential Tenancies Act 1999 32 (2) It is not a breach of the term specified in subsection (1) if the failure to comply with the term is caused by: (a) an act or omission of the tenant; or (b) the tenant's failure to notify the landlord of repairs required to the premises.