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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
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82 When termination occurs
(1) A tenancy is only terminated:
(a) if the landlord or tenant terminates the tenancy under this Act;
or
(b) if the Tribunal terminates the tenancy under this Act; or
(c) if the premises are abandoned before the end of the
agreement – on and from the date on which rent was due and
payable in relation to the premises or the date specified in a
declaration under section 108 as the date on which the
premises were abandoned, whichever is sooner; or
(d) if a person with superior title to the landlord's title becomes
entitled to possession of the premises under an order of the
Tribunal; or
(e) if a sole tenant dies without leaving in occupation of the
premises a spouse, de facto partner, or dependants, of whose
occupation and relationship to the sole tenant the landlord has
been notified before the death; or
(f) if a tenant gives up possession of the premises with the
landlord's consent; or
(g) if the interests of all tenants merge with another estate or
interest in the premises.
(2) Despite subsection (1)(e), if the sole tenant in relation to a tenancy
that is a tenancy within the meaning of the Housing Act 1982 dies,
the tenancy is terminated whether or not a spouse, de facto partner
or dependant of the sole tenant is left in occupation of the premises.