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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.18Opting in as residential tenancy agreement
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### sec.18 Opting in as residential tenancy agreement
This section applies to rooming accommodation to which this Act applies.
If the parties to an agreement for the accommodation sign the agreement stating that it is a residential tenancy agreement, the agreement is taken to be a residential tenancy agreement.
This Act applies to the agreement despite section 32 (1) .
A person does not contract out of the provisions of this Act merely because the person signs an agreement under subsection (2) .
(sec.18-ssec.1) This section applies to rooming accommodation to which this Act applies.
(sec.18-ssec.2) If the parties to an agreement for the accommodation sign the agreement stating that it is a residential tenancy agreement, the agreement is taken to be a residential tenancy agreement.
(sec.18-ssec.3) This Act applies to the agreement despite section 32 (1) .
(sec.18-ssec.4) A person does not contract out of the provisions of this Act merely because the person signs an agreement under subsection (2) .