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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
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6 Agreements to which this Act does not apply
(1) This Act does not apply to an agreement:
(a) under which a person occupies, or it is intended a person will
occupy, premises provided for the purposes of holiday
accommodation;
(b) under which no rent is payable in return for the granting of a
right to occupy premises for the purpose of residence;
(c) under which no rent is payable and services are provided in
return for the granting of a right to occupy premises for the
purpose of residence;
(d) for sale of premises granting to a party to the agreement a
right to occupy the premises;
(e) arising under a scheme in which:
(i) a complex of adjacent premises is owned by a company;
and
(ii) the premises are let by the company to persons who
jointly have a controlling interest in the company;
(f) in respect of premises provided for the use of homeless,
unemployed or disadvantaged persons for charitable purposes
or for the purposes of providing emergency shelter or
accommodation;
(g) made between family members or friends under which a
nominal rent is charged if the parties do not intend to create a
tenancy agreement to which this Act applies; or
(h) under which a person occupies or is intended to occupy a
caravan, immovable dwelling or mobile home, that is in a
caravan park.
(2) In this section:
caravan, see section 4 of the Caravan Parks Act 2012.
caravan park, see section 4 of the Caravan Parks Act 2012.
mobile home, see section 4 of the Caravan Parks Act 2012.
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