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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.321Application by tenant’s domestic associate for termination for damage or injury
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### sec.321 Application by tenant’s domestic associate for termination for damage or injury
The domestic associate of the tenant occupying the premises with the tenant may apply to a tribunal for a termination order because the tenant—
has intentionally or recklessly caused, or is likely to intentionally or recklessly cause, serious damage to the premises; or
has committed domestic violence against the domestic associate.
In this section—
domestic associate means a person in any of the following relationships—
an intimate personal relationship;
a family relationship;
an informal care relationship.
A term used in subsection (2) (a) to (c) has the same meaning as in the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and a reference in that Act to a court deciding whether a relationship exists includes a reference to the tribunal deciding that issue for this section.
s 321 amd 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 2
(sec.321-ssec.1) The domestic associate of the tenant occupying the premises with the tenant may apply to a tribunal for a termination order because the tenant— has intentionally or recklessly caused, or is likely to intentionally or recklessly cause, serious damage to the premises; or has committed domestic violence against the domestic associate.
(sec.321-ssec.2) In this section— domestic associate means a person in any of the following relationships— an intimate personal relationship; a family relationship; an informal care relationship.
(sec.321-ssec.3) A term used in subsection (2) (a) to (c) has the same meaning as in the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and a reference in that Act to a court deciding whether a relationship exists includes a reference to the tribunal deciding that issue for this section.
- (a) has intentionally or recklessly caused, or is likely to intentionally or recklessly cause, serious damage to the premises; or
- (b) has committed domestic violence against the domestic associate.
- (a) an intimate personal relationship;
- (b) a family relationship;
- (c) an informal care relationship.