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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
79Consent to assignments and subletting
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79 Consent to assignments and subletting
(1) A tenant may apply to the landlord for consent to an assignment of
the tenant's interest in the agreement or to sublet premises by
providing to the landlord:
(a) the name of the person to whom it is proposed to assign the
interest in the agreement or sublet the premises; and
(b) the same information in relation to the person specified under
paragraph (a) that the tenant was requested to give to the
landlord in relation to the tenant's application to enter into the
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(2) A landlord is to be taken to have consented to an assignment or
sublease if:
(a) the landlord has unreasonably refused to consent to the
assignment or subletting; or
(b) the landlord has been notified under subsection (1) but has
not given notice to the tenant within the period specified under
subsection (3).
(3) The landlord may, within 28 days after the landlord first became
aware of the assignment or subletting, notify the tenant who
assigned the interest in the agreement or sublet the premises to
another person, that the landlord does not consent to the
assignment or subletting.
(4) The Tribunal may, on the application of the landlord or the tenant,
declare that the consent of the landlord to an assignment or
subletting was reasonably or unreasonably refused.