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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
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### sec.255A Agreement about fixtures and structural changes
For sections 254 and 255 , a provider’s agreement in relation to attaching a fixture, or making a structural change, to rental 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 resident; and
whether the resident may remove the fixture; and
if removal of the fixture by the resident is allowed—
when and how the removal may be performed; and
that the resident is obliged to repair any damage caused to the rental premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the provider for the provider’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and
if removal of the fixture by the resident is not allowed—that the provider is obliged to compensate the resident for any improvement the fixture makes to the rental premises.
s 255A ins 2024 No. 27 s 67
(sec.255A-ssec.1) For sections 254 and 255 , a provider’s agreement in relation to attaching a fixture, or making a structural change, to rental premises must— be in writing; and describe the nature of the fixture or structural change; and state any conditions of the agreement.
(sec.255A-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 resident; and whether the resident may remove the fixture; and if removal of the fixture by the resident is allowed— when and how the removal may be performed; and that the resident is obliged to repair any damage caused to the rental premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the provider for the provider’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and if removal of the fixture by the resident is not allowed—that the provider is obliged to compensate the resident for any improvement the fixture makes to the rental 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 resident; and
- (b) whether the resident may remove the fixture; and
- (c) if removal of the fixture by the resident is allowed— (i) when and how the removal may be performed; and (ii) that the resident is obliged to repair any damage caused to the rental premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the provider for the provider’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and
- (i) when and how the removal may be performed; and
- (ii) that the resident is obliged to repair any damage caused to the rental premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the provider for the provider’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and
- (d) if removal of the fixture by the resident is not allowed—that the provider is obliged to compensate the resident for any improvement the fixture makes to the rental premises.
- (i) when and how the removal may be performed; and
- (ii) that the resident is obliged to repair any damage caused to the rental premises in removing the fixture or to compensate the provider for the provider’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and