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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.209Agreement about fixtures and structural changes
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### sec.209 Agreement about fixtures and structural changes
For sections 207 and 208 , a lessor’s agreement in relation to attaching a fixture, or making a structural change, to premises must—
be in writing; and
describe the nature of the fixture or structural change; and
state any conditions of the agreement.
For an agreement about attaching a fixture to premises, the conditions may include terms about—
maintenance obligations if the fixture is attached by the tenant; and
whether the tenant may remove the fixture; and
if removal of the fixture by the tenant is allowed—
when and how the removal may be performed; and
that the tenant is obliged to repair any damage caused to the premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the lessor for the lessor’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and
if removal of the fixture by the tenant is not allowed—that the lessor is obliged to compensate the tenant for any improvement the fixture makes to the premises.
s 209 sub 2024 No. 27 s 64
(sec.209-ssec.1) For sections 207 and 208 , a lessor’s agreement in relation to attaching a fixture, or making a structural change, to premises must— be in writing; and describe the nature of the fixture or structural change; and state any conditions of the agreement.
(sec.209-ssec.2) For an agreement about attaching a fixture to premises, the conditions may include terms about— maintenance obligations if the fixture is attached by the tenant; and whether the tenant may remove the fixture; and if removal of the fixture by the tenant is allowed— when and how the removal may be performed; and that the tenant is obliged to repair any damage caused to the premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the lessor for the lessor’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and if removal of the fixture by the tenant is not allowed—that the lessor is obliged to compensate the tenant for any improvement the fixture makes to the premises.
- (a) be in writing; and
- (b) describe the nature of the fixture or structural change; and
- (c) state any conditions of the agreement.
- (a) maintenance obligations if the fixture is attached by the tenant; and
- (b) whether the tenant may remove the fixture; and
- (c) if removal of the fixture by the tenant is allowed— (i) when and how the removal may be performed; and (ii) that the tenant is obliged to repair any damage caused to the premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the lessor for the lessor’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and
- (i) when and how the removal may be performed; and
- (ii) that the tenant is obliged to repair any damage caused to the premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the lessor for the lessor’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and
- (d) if removal of the fixture by the tenant is not allowed—that the lessor is obliged to compensate the tenant for any improvement the fixture makes to the premises.
- (i) when and how the removal may be performed; and
- (ii) that the tenant is obliged to repair any damage caused to the premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the lessor for the lessor’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and