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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.209AAttaching fixture or making structural change without lessor’s agreement
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### sec.209A Attaching fixture or making structural change without lessor’s agreement
This section applies if—
a tenant attaches a fixture, or makes a structural change, to premises; and
under section 208 , the lessor’s agreement to the attachment of the fixture, or the making of the structural change, is required; and
the tenant does not attach the fixture, or make the structural change, in accordance with the lessor’s agreement.
The lessor may—
waive the breach; and
treat the fixture or structural change as an improvement to the premises for the lessor’s benefit.
The lessor may take the action under subsection (2) instead of taking action for a breach of a term of the residential tenancy agreement by the tenant.
s 209A ins 2024 No. 27 s 64
(sec.209A-ssec.1) This section applies if— a tenant attaches a fixture, or makes a structural change, to premises; and under section 208 , the lessor’s agreement to the attachment of the fixture, or the making of the structural change, is required; and the tenant does not attach the fixture, or make the structural change, in accordance with the lessor’s agreement.
(sec.209A-ssec.2) The lessor may— waive the breach; and treat the fixture or structural change as an improvement to the premises for the lessor’s benefit.
(sec.209A-ssec.3) The lessor may take the action under subsection (2) instead of taking action for a breach of a term of the residential tenancy agreement by the tenant.
- (a) a tenant attaches a fixture, or makes a structural change, to premises; and
- (b) under section 208 , the lessor’s agreement to the attachment of the fixture, or the making of the structural change, is required; and
- (c) the tenant does not attach the fixture, or make the structural change, in accordance with the lessor’s agreement.
- (a) waive the breach; and
- (b) treat the fixture or structural change as an improvement to the premises for the lessor’s benefit.