Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 73

73 .         Termination of agreement where tenant causing serious damage or injury

        (1)         A competent court may, upon application by the lessor under a residential tenancy agreement, terminate the agreement if it is satisfied that the tenant has intentionally or recklessly caused or permitted, or is likely intentionally or recklessly to cause or permit —

            (a)         serious damage to the premises or, where relevant, a common area or chattels in the common area; or

            (b)         injury to —

                  (i)         the lessor; or

                  (ii)         the property manager of the premises; or

                  (iii)         any person in occupation of or permitted on adjacent premises.

        (2)         Where a court terminates a residential tenancy agreement under this section, it shall also make an order for possession of the premises of immediate effect.

        [Section 73 amended: No. 50 of 1988 s. 18; No. 59 of 2004 s. 120; No. 60 of 2011 s. 72, 88 and 89; No. 25 of 2019 s. 69.]