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RESIDENTIAL PARKS (LONG-STAY TENANTS) ACT 2006 (NO. 32 OF 2006) - SECT 68

68 .         Orders for vacant possession on other grounds

        (1)         This section applies where —

            (a)         a park operator has given a notice of termination to a long-stay tenant (except a notice of termination under section 39), or a long-stay tenant has given a notice of termination to the park operator; and

            (b)         the tenant does not give vacant possession of the agreed premises to the park operator on the specified day.

        (2)         The park operator may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal for —

            (a)         an order terminating the agreement; and

            (b)         an order for the long-stay tenant to give vacant possession of the premises to the park operator.

        (3)         An application must be made within 30 days after the specified day.

        (4)         The State Administrative Tribunal may make the orders if a notice of termination was given in accordance with this Act and —

            (a)         where the notice was given on the grounds that the long-stay tenant has breached the long-stay agreement — the State Administrative Tribunal is satisfied that the grounds are made out and that the breach is in all the circumstances such as to justify terminating the agreement; or

            (b)         if the notice was given for any other reason — the tribunal is satisfied that terminating the agreement is justified in all the circumstances.

        (5)         However, the State Administrative Tribunal may refuse to make the orders if satisfied —

            (a)         that the park operator was wholly or partly motivated to give the notice by the fact that the long-stay tenant had complained to a public authority about the park operator’s conduct in relation to the agreement, or taken steps to secure or enforce his or her rights as a tenant under the agreement;

            (b)         if the notice was given by the park operator on the grounds of a breach by the tenant — that the tenant has remedied the breach, but when making the decision the tribunal must take into account any previous breaches of the agreement by the tenant; or

            (c)         if the notice was given by the park operator under section 45(3) on the grounds of frustration of the agreement — that the consequences of continuing the agreement would not be unduly burdensome to the park operator.

        (6)         If the State Administrative Tribunal makes the orders, it may suspend the operation of the orders for not more than 30 days if satisfied that it is desirable in the circumstances to do so having regard to the relative hardship that would be caused —

            (a)         to the park operator by suspending the orders; or

            (b)         to the long-stay tenant by refusing to suspend the orders.

        (7)         Where the park operator gave the notice of termination to the long-stay tenant, and the State Administrative Tribunal is satisfied that the tenant had, within the 6 months before the notice was given to him or her, complained to a public authority about the park operator’s conduct in relation to the agreement, or taken steps to secure or enforce his or her rights as a tenant under the agreement, the burden is on the park operator to prove that the park operator was not to any extent motivated by that fact when giving notice to the tenant.

        (8)         When the State Administrative Tribunal makes the orders, the tribunal must specify the day on which the orders take effect.

        (9)         The specified day must be no later than 7 days after the day on which the order is made.

        (10)         The Limitation Act 1935 does not apply to an application under this section.



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