73DRequirement to respond to application

73D Requirement to respond to application

73D Requirement to respond to application

(1) The landlord must give a written response to an application for consent—

(a) to the tenant in the approved form, and

(b) within 21 days after the application is given to the landlord or the landlord’s agent.

(2) The response must specify whether—

(a) consent is given, or

(b) consent is refused.

(3) The response must also specify—

(a) for a consent given subject to reasonable conditions—the reasonable conditions, or

(b) for a consent that is refused—

(i) the grounds under section 73F for the refusal, and

(ii) the reason why the landlord considers the ground applies.

(4) The landlord is taken to have given consent without conditions if the landlord fails to give a response to the tenant in accordance with this section.

(5) The reasonable conditions of the consent are taken to be terms of the residential tenancy agreement.

(6) This section is a term of every residential tenancy agreement.

s 73D: Ins 2024 No 75, Sch 1[9].