Residential Tenancies Act 1999
82When termination occurs
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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.