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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
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69 Collection of rent
(1) A landlord or a person authorised by an agent of the landlord may
enter the premises or ancillary property for the purpose of collecting
the rent.
(a) between 7 am and 9 pm at a time previously arranged with the
tenant not less than 7 days before the entry is made; and
(b) not earlier than 7 days after the last time entry was made
under this section.
(3) Despite subsection (2), if a tenant is in arrears with rent, the
landlord or a person authorised by an agent of the landlord may
enter the premises or ancillary property for the purpose of collecting
the rent if the entry is made not earlier than 7 days after the last
time entry was made under this section.
(4) If:
(a) a tenant is in arrears with an instalment of rent; and
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(b) the landlord has not been able to contact the tenant for the
purpose of arranging a time for entry for the purpose of
collecting the instalment and has made a reasonable number
of attempts to do so; and
(c) the landlord has engaged a commercial agent within the
meaning of the Commercial and Private Agents Licensing
Act 1979 who holds a licence under that Act permitting the
collecting of debts, or requesting the payment of debts, on
behalf of another person, to collect the instalment,
subsection (2) does not apply in relation to an entry by the
commercial agent for the purpose of collecting the instalment.