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66X: Abandonment by tenant
or “What happens when a tenant leaves their boarding house room without telling anyone and stops paying rent”
You could also call this:

“A landlord can ask a special group to make the tenant leave if they don't move out when told to.”

If you’re a landlord, you can ask the Tribunal for a possession order in two situations. First, if you’ve told your tenant to leave using a notice under section 66U, and they haven’t left by the date you specified. Second, if your tenant has told you they’re leaving using a notice under section 66V, but they haven’t left by the date they said they would.

When the Tribunal looks at your request, they’ll check if the notice to end the tenancy was given correctly and hasn’t been taken back. If everything is in order, the Tribunal must give you an order that allows you to take possession of the property.

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or “The law sets up a special group of people to help solve problems between landlords and tenants.”
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Part 2A Boarding house tenancies
Abandonment

66YPossession orders

  1. A landlord may apply to the Tribunal for a possession order if—

  2. the landlord has given the tenant notice under section 66U and the tenant has not quit the premises within the period specified in the notice; or
    1. the tenant has given the landlord notice under section 66V and the tenant has not quit the premises within the period specified by the tenant.

      1. If the Tribunal is satisfied that the notice of termination was properly given and has not been withdrawn, it must make an order granting possession of the premises to the landlord.

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