Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 65

65 .         Termination by lessor where s. 32 invoked

        (1)         Where proceedings are pending for an order, or an order is in force, under section 32 fixing the maximum rent in respect of premises the subject of a residential tenancy agreement —

            (a)         any notice of termination of the agreement given by the lessor under section 64 is ineffectual; and

            (b)         any other notice of termination of the agreement given by the lessor is ineffectual unless first authorised by a competent court under subsection (2).

        (2)         A competent court may, upon application by a lessor, authorise the lessor to give notice of termination, if it is satisfied that neither the institution of the proceedings for the order nor the making of the order has wholly or partly motivated the lessor to give notice of termination.

        [Section 65 amended: No. 50 of 1988 s. 18; No. 59 of 2004 s. 120(1) and (2); No. 60 of 2011 s. 64 and 89.]