77ATribunal may order tenant to let landlord enter premises

77A Tribunal may order tenant to let landlord enter premises (1) If a tenant unreasonably impedes, or fails to permit, the lawful entry of the landlord or a person authorised by an agent of the landlord to the premises or ancillary property, the Tribunal may, on the application of the landlord, make an order permitting the landlord to enter the premises or ancillary property. (2) An order under subsection (1) may: (a) authorise reasonable means to enter the premises or ancillary property; and (b) impose conditions or limits on the means that may be used. (3) A landlord entering the premises or ancillary property under the order must not use any means that makes physical contact with the tenant or with any other person on the premises or ancillary

Residential Tenancies Act 1999 52 (4) The landlord must replace, or pay compensation for, any property damaged by the entry of the landlord under the order, except for property used to prevent the landlord from entering the premises or ancillary property. (5) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) and section 49(1) and (3), the landlord is not liable criminally or civilly for an act or omission done in good faith in entering the premises, or ancillary property, in accordance with the order.