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Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019
36AHead leases involving councils and social housing providers—s 12 of Act
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#### 36A Head leases involving councils and social housing providers—s 12 of Act
36A Head leases involving councils and social housing providers—s 12 of Act
> > (1) A residential tenancy agreement is exempt from the operation of the Act if—
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> > > (a) under the agreement, the landlord is a council who lets the premises to a tenant who is a social housing provider, and
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> > > (b) the premises are let to the social housing provider for the purposes of the social housing provider sub-letting the premises under a social housing tenancy agreement, and
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> > > (c) the agreement is in writing and states that this clause applies to the agreement.
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> > (2) If the tenant ceases to be a social housing provider during the currency of the term of the residential tenancy agreement, the exemption under this clause does not cease to have effect until 6 months after the date the tenant ceases to be a social housing provider.
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> **cl 36A:** Ins 2020 (717), Sch 1\[2\].