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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Boarding house tenancies - Termination

66V: When tenant may terminate tenancy

You could also call this:

“A tenant in a boarding house can end their stay by telling the landlord they're leaving, with just two days' notice.”

If you’re renting a room in a boarding house, you can end your tenancy by telling your landlord at least 48 hours before you want to leave. You don’t have to write this down; you can just tell them.

If your boarding house tenancy is also a service tenancy (where your job and housing are connected), you don’t have to give 14 days’ notice as mentioned in section 53(1). The 48-hour notice is enough.

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Part 2A Boarding house tenancies
Termination

66VWhen tenant may terminate tenancy

  1. A tenant under a boarding house tenancy may terminate the tenancy by giving at least 48 hours’ notice to the landlord.

  2. A tenant need not give notice in writing.

  3. If a boarding house tenancy is also a service tenancy, the requirement in section 53(1) that a tenant give not less than 14 days’ notice does not apply.

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