58Tenant to notify landlord if repairs required

58 Tenant to notify landlord if repairs required (1) It is a term of a tenancy agreement that if premises or ancillary property require repair or maintenance, other than repair or maintenance of a negligible kind, a tenant is, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of the need for the repairs or maintenance, to notify the landlord orally or in writing of the requirement. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to repairs if the tenant has waived the right to have the repairs made under section 57(3). (3) If the landlord requests the tenant to put the notice in writing, the tenant is not to be taken to have given notice under subsection (1) unless it is given to the landlord in writing. (4) For the purposes of this section, ancillary property includes gardening or watering equipment or other chattels provided in relation to a garden but, unless the tenancy agreement specifies otherwise, does not include vegetation, other than a tree that poses a risk to a person's safety. Residential Tenancies Act 1999 40