96ATenant's failure to pay rent

96A Tenant's failure to pay rent (1) This section applies if a tenant breaches a term of a tenancy agreement by failing to pay rent and the rent has been in arrears for not less than 14 days.

Residential Tenancies Act 1999 59 (2) The landlord may give the tenant a notice, signed by the landlord, (b) the tenant is in breach of the tenancy agreement by failing to pay rent in accordance with the agreement and the rent is in arrears; (c) the amount of rent payable by the tenant in order to remedy the breach and any prescribed information relevant to that amount; (d) the tenant is required to remedy the breach before the date specified in the notice (which must be more than 7 days after the notice is given); (e) if the tenant does not remedy the breach as required, the landlord intends to apply to the Tribunal for an order for termination of the tenancy and possession of the premises. (3) The notice has effect even if the landlord has not previously made a formal demand for payment of the rent. (4) If any of the following occurs after the landlord becomes aware of the tenant's breach or has given the tenant the notice, the occurrence does not operate as a waiver of the breach or notice: (a) a demand by the landlord for payment of rent; (b) an application by the landlord to the Tribunal for recovery of rent; (c) an acceptance by the landlord of a payment of rent. (5) If the tenant does not remedy the breach as required by the notice, the landlord may apply under section 100A for an order for termination of the tenancy and possession of the premises. (6) The landlord must make the application no later than 14 days after (7) For subsection (2)(c), the Regulations may prescribe information that must be given in the notice, including information about any of the following: (a) the method of calculation of rent arrears;

Residential Tenancies Act 1999 60 (b) the method of calculation of the amount of rent payable in order to remedy the breach; (c) the date on which rent was last paid; (d) the date on which rent will next be payable after the breach is remedied.