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Part 2Tenancy agreements
Rights and obligations of parties

42AConsent for tenant’s fixtures, etc

  1. The landlord must not unreasonably withhold consent for a fixture, renovation, alteration, or addition.

  2. The landlord may impose reasonable conditions on the landlord’s consent.

  3. If the tenant makes a written request for consent, the landlord must respond in writing within 21 days after receiving the request.

  4. In the response, the landlord must indicate whether or not the landlord considers the fixture, renovation, alteration, or addition to be a minor change (see section 42B(2)).

  5. If the landlord considers the fixture, renovation, alteration, or addition to be more than a minor change and the landlord needs more time to consider the request, the landlord may, in the written response under subsection (3), extend the time for responding to the tenant’s request.

  6. A landlord who extends the time for responding under subsection (5) must respond to the request in writing within a reasonable amount of time.

  7. A landlord commits an unlawful act if the landlord fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (3), (4), or (6).

Notes
  • Section 42A: inserted, on , by section 23 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 59).