New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 156C

156C Termination notice for non-payment of rental bond

(1) This section applies to social housing tenancy agreements under which the landlord is the New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation or the Aboriginal Housing Office.

(2) A landlord may give a termination notice to a tenant if the tenant fails to pay all or part of a rental bond.

(3) A termination notice may be given under this section whether the tenant was required to pay the rental bond at the time the tenant entered into the social housing tenancy agreement or at a later time.

(4) The termination notice must specify a termination date that is not earlier than 14 days after the day on which the notice is given.

(5) The termination notice may specify a termination date that is before the end of the fixed term of the social housing tenancy agreement if it is a fixed term agreement.

(6) Sections 88 and 89(1)-(4) apply to a failure to pay a rental bond in the same way as they apply to a failure to pay rent under a residential tenancy agreement. For that purpose, a reference in those sections to rent is to be read as a reference to a rental bond and a reference to a non-payment termination notice is to be read as a termination notice under this section.