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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Tenancy agreements - Rights and obligations of parties

36: Legal impediments to occupation

You could also call this:

“The landlord must make sure you can legally live in the house before you move in.”

Your landlord must do everything they reasonably can to make sure that when you start living in the rental property, there are no legal reasons stopping you from living there. This means they need to check that the property is allowed to be used as a home and that there are no laws or rules that would prevent you from moving in and living there.

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Part 2 Tenancy agreements
Rights and obligations of parties

36Legal impediments to occupation

  1. The landlord shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that, at the commencement of the tenancy, there is no legal impediment to the occupation of the premises for residential purposes.

Compare
  • Residential Tenancies Act 1978–1981 s 45 (SA)