Residential Tenancy (Extension of Emergency Period) Order (No. 3) 2020

What This Law Does

This is a Tasmanian government order that extends the 'emergency period' under residential tenancy law for a third time during 2020. The emergency period was originally created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to give renters and landlords special temporary protections.

Who Does It Affect?

• Renters (tenants) in Tasmania who were renting a home during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Landlords who rent out residential properties in Tasmania

What Does It Actually Mean?

During the emergency period, special rules applied to rental agreements — for example, protections against eviction for renters who couldn't pay rent due to COVID-19 hardship. This order simply pushed the end date of those protections further into December 2020, so tenants and landlords continued to be covered by those temporary rules for longer.

Why Does It Matter?

Without this extension, the emergency protections would have expired, and normal tenancy laws would have immediately resumed — meaning landlords could have issued eviction notices and tenants would have lost any special COVID-related relief. This order kept the safety net in place a little longer during an uncertain period.

Bottom Line

If you were renting in Tasmania in late 2020, this order meant your COVID-19 tenancy protections didn't suddenly disappear — they were kept running until at least 2 December 2020.