Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 42

42 .         Lessor’s responsibility for cleanliness and repairs

        (1)         In this section —

        premises includes fixtures and chattels provided with the premises, but does not include —

            (a)         any fixture or chattel disclosed by the lessor as not functioning before the agreement was entered into; or

            (b)         any other fixture or chattel that the tenant could not reasonably have expected to be functioning at the time the agreement was entered into.

        (2)         It is a term of every residential tenancy agreement that the lessor —

            (a)         must deliver up to the tenant vacant possession of the premises in a reasonable state of cleanliness and a reasonable state of repair having regard to its age and character; and

            (b)         must maintain the premises in a reasonable state of repair having regard to its age and character and must conduct any repairs within a reasonable period after the need for the repair arises; and

            (c)         must comply with all requirements in respect of buildings, health and safety under any other written law insofar as they apply to the premises.

        [Section 42 inserted: No. 60 of 2011 s. 41.]