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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
48Premises to be clean and suitable for habitation
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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.
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(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.