61Extension of particular terms of standard form of residential tenancy agreement

61 Extension of particular terms of standard form of residential tenancy agreement

61 Extension of particular terms of standard form of residential tenancy agreement

(1) For the Act, section 15(2)(d), the following terms of the standard form of residential tenancy agreement set out in Schedule 1 (the Agreement) extend to existing residential tenancy agreements from the commencement of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Regulation 2025—

(a) clause 3.4 of the Agreement,

(b) clause 4 of the Agreement,

(c) clause 5 of the Agreement,

(d) clause 6 of the Agreement,

(e) clauses 53 and 54 of the Agreement,

(f) clause 55 of the Agreement.

(2) However—

(a) clause 6 of the Agreement does not extend to an existing fixed term tenancy agreement that—

(i) is for a fixed term of less than 2 years, and

(ii) was entered into before 13 December 2024, and

(b) clauses 53.2, 54.1 and 54.2 of the Agreement do not apply to a consent given by a landlord to the keeping of a pet by a tenant that was in force immediately before the commencement of the Act, Part 3, Division 8.

(3) A term of the Agreement extended by operation of this clause replaces a substantially similar clause of an existing residential tenancy agreement.

cl 61: Ins 2025 (139), Sch 1[15].