Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 78A

78A .         Order about abandonment

        (1)         If a lessor suspects on reasonable grounds that the tenant has abandoned the residential premises, the lessor may apply to a competent court for an order under this section.

        (2)         The lessor may make the application instead of giving a notice under section 76A to the tenant.

        (3)         If an application is made, the court may make an order declaring that the premises were abandoned by the tenant on the day stated in the order.

        (4)         If the court makes an order under subsection (3), the tenant is taken to have abandoned the premises on the day stated in the order.

        [Section 78A inserted: No. 60 of 2011 s. 75.]