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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 49

49 .         Right of tenant to assign or sub-let

        (1)         A residential tenancy agreement may provide that the tenant —

            (a)         may assign the tenant’s interest under the agreement or sub-let the premises; or

            (b)         shall not assign the tenant’s interest under the agreement or sub-let the premises; or

            (c)         may assign the tenant’s interest under the agreement or sub-let the premises only with the written consent of the lessor.

        (2)         Where a residential tenancy agreement makes or is deemed to make the provision described in subsection (1)(c), it is a term of the agreement —

            (a)         that the lessor shall not unreasonably withhold such consent; and

            (b)         that the lessor shall not make any charge for giving such consent other than the lessor’s reasonable expenses incidental thereto.

        (3)         Where a residential tenancy agreement does not make any of the provisions described in subsection (1), the agreement shall be deemed to contain the provision described in subsection (1)(c).

        [Section 49 amended: No. 60 of 2011 s. 45, 88 and 89.]



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