Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 76C

76C .         Fixed term tenancies continued as periodic tenancies

        (1)         This section applies to a residential tenancy agreement that creates a tenancy for a fixed term unless the agreement is terminated before the expiry day.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), a residential tenancy agreement continues as a periodic tenancy after the expiry day on the same terms that applied immediately before the expiry day.

        (3)         A competent court may, upon application by the lessor or tenant, make such modification to the terms of the residential tenancy agreement as may be necessary for, or appropriate to, its continuance.

        [Section 76C inserted: No. 60 of 2011 s. 74.]