54Liability of tenant for actions of others

#### 54 Liability of tenant for actions of others 54 Liability of tenant for actions of others > > (1) A tenant is vicariously responsible to the landlord for any act or omission by any other person who is lawfully on the residential premises (other than a person who has a right of entry without the tenant’s consent) that would have been a breach of the residential tenancy agreement if it had been an act or omission by the tenant. > > > (1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a tenant who is the victim of a domestic violence offence, or an exempted co-tenant, if the relevant act or omission constitutes or resulted in damage to the residential premises and occurred during the commission of the domestic violence offence. > > > (1B) In this section, an exempted co-tenant means a tenant under the same residential tenancy agreement as the tenant referred to subsection (1A) who is not a relevant domestic violence offender (within the meaning of Division 3A of Part 5) nominated in a document referred to in section 105C(2) and annexed to a domestic violence termination notice (within the meaning of section 105A) for the residential tenancy agreement. > > > (2) This section is a term of every residential tenancy agreement. > > **s 54:** Am 2018 No 58, Sch 1 \[11\]; 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10\[4\].