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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Boarding house tenancies - Rights and obligations of landlords and tenants

66G: Quiet enjoyment

You could also call this:

“Tenants have the right to enjoy their home peacefully without others bothering them.”

You have the right to enjoy your living space in a boarding house without being bothered by the landlord or other tenants. This is called quiet enjoyment.

Your landlord must not do anything that messes with your peace, comfort, or privacy while you’re using your room or the shared spaces.

As a tenant, you also have to be considerate. You can’t do things that disturb the peace, comfort, or privacy of other tenants in the boarding house.

If the landlord or another tenant keeps bothering you in a way that feels like harassment, that’s against the law. The same goes for you - you can’t harass other tenants either.

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Housing and property > Renting
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Part 2A Boarding house tenancies
Rights and obligations of landlords and tenants

66GQuiet enjoyment

  1. Every tenant of a boarding house is entitled to the quiet enjoyment of the premises, without interruption by the landlord or another tenant of the boarding house.

  2. The landlord must not cause or permit any interference with the reasonable peace, comfort, or privacy of the tenant in the use of the premises by the tenant.

  3. The tenant must not cause or permit any interference with the reasonable peace, comfort, or privacy of any other tenant on the premises.

  4. Contravention of subsection (2) or (3) in circumstances that amount to harassment of a tenant is declared to be an unlawful act.

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    Notes
    • Section 66G: inserted, on , by section 49 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 95).