49Premises to be secure

49 Premises to be secure (1) It is a term of a tenancy agreement that the landlord will take reasonable steps to provide and maintain the locks and other security devices that are necessary to ensure the premises and ancillary property are reasonably secure. (2) It is a term of a tenancy agreement that the landlord will not, without the consent of the tenant: ancillary property; or (3) A landlord commits an offence if the landlord contravenes the term of a tenancy agreement incorporated by subsection (2), unless the landlord has a reasonable excuse. (4) It is a term of a tenancy agreement that if the landlord alters a lock or security device on, or adds a lock or security device to, the premises or ancillary property without the consent of the tenant, the landlord must give the tenant a key to the lock or security device within 24 hours of doing so. (5) A landlord commits an offence if the landlord contravenes the term of a tenancy agreement incorporated by subsection (4), unless the landlord has a reasonable excuse. (6) A tenant may advise the landlord in writing not to give a key to the premises to a nominated person if the tenant, or another occupant of the premises, is under a reasonable apprehension of experiencing domestic violence from the nominated person.

Residential Tenancies Act 1999 33 (7) If a landlord is required to provide a key to premises to any person other than a tenant in order to carry out an obligation under this Act or a tenancy agreement, the landlord must not give the key to any person nominated under subsection (6).