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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.256Attaching fixture or making structural change without provider’s agreement
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### sec.256 Attaching fixture or making structural change without provider’s agreement
This section applies if—
a resident attaches a fixture, or makes a structural change, to rental premises; and
under section 255 , the provider’s agreement to the attachment of the fixture, or the making of the structural change, is required; and
the resident does not attach the fixture, or make the structural change, in accordance with the provider’s agreement.
The provider may—
waive the breach; and
treat the fixture or structural change as an improvement to the rental premises for the provider’s benefit.
The provider may take the action under subsection (2) instead of taking action for a breach of a term of the rooming accommodation agreement by the resident.
s 256 sub 2024 No. 27 s 67
(sec.256-ssec.1) This section applies if— a resident attaches a fixture, or makes a structural change, to rental premises; and under section 255 , the provider’s agreement to the attachment of the fixture, or the making of the structural change, is required; and the resident does not attach the fixture, or make the structural change, in accordance with the provider’s agreement.
(sec.256-ssec.2) The provider may— waive the breach; and treat the fixture or structural change as an improvement to the rental premises for the provider’s benefit.
(sec.256-ssec.3) The provider may take the action under subsection (2) instead of taking action for a breach of a term of the rooming accommodation agreement by the resident.
- (a) a resident attaches a fixture, or makes a structural change, to rental premises; and
- (b) under section 255 , the provider’s agreement to the attachment of the fixture, or the making of the structural change, is required; and
- (c) the resident does not attach the fixture, or make the structural change, in accordance with the provider’s agreement.
- (a) waive the breach; and
- (b) treat the fixture or structural change as an improvement to the rental premises for the provider’s benefit.