79Consent to assignments and subletting

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 Residential Tenancies Act 1999 53 (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.