Residential Tenancy Act 1997
6Non-application of Act
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6 Non-application of Act
(1) This Act does not apply to –
(a) any agreement under a mortgage in respect of residential premises; or
(b) any agreement relating to residential premises under a scheme under which –
(i) a group of adjacent or adjoining premises is owned by a company; and
(ii) the premises comprising the group are let by the company to persons who jointly have a controlling interest in the company; or
(c) [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 67 of 2003, s. 5, Applied:05 Mar 2004] [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 2013, s. 5, Applied:01 Oct 2014] any agreement that is a residential management agreement under section 16A(1) ; or
(d) [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 67 of 2003, s. 5, Applied:05 Mar 2004] [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 2013, s. 5, Applied:01 Oct 2014] any memorandum of lease, registered under the Land Titles Act 1980 , in respect of which the lessee is a social housing provider; or
(da) [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 6 of 2016, s. 57, Applied:13 May 2016] [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2022, s. 35, Applied:01 Dec 2022] any lease to a social housing provider, by Homes Tasmania, of residential premises; or
(db) [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2018, s. 5, Applied:31 Mar 2019] any lease to a person of residential premises which are intended to be sub-leased to an eligible person; or
(e) any agreement giving a person a right of occupancy to residential premises not ordinarily used for holiday purposes for the purpose of a holiday for a period not exceeding 3 months.