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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Administration - Improvement notices

126H: Power to issue improvement notices

You could also call this:

“The big boss can tell someone to fix a problem or stop one from happening if they're not following the rules about renting homes.”

The chief executive can give you an improvement notice if they think you’re breaking the rules of the Residential Tenancies Act, its regulations, or your tenancy agreement. They can also give you a notice if they think you’re likely to break these rules.

If you get an improvement notice, it will tell you to do one or more of these things:

  1. Fix the problem if you’re already breaking the rules.
  2. Stop a problem from happening if they think you’re likely to break the rules.
  3. Fix the things or stop the activities that are causing or might cause you to break the rules.

The chief executive gives these notices to make sure everyone follows the rules and to prevent problems before they happen.

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Part 4 Administration
Improvement notices

126HPower to issue improvement notices

  1. This section applies if the chief executive reasonably believes that a person—

  2. is contravening a provision of this Act, of regulations made under this Act, or of a tenancy agreement; or
    1. is likely to contravene a provision of this Act, of regulations made under this Act, or of a tenancy agreement.

      1. The chief executive may issue an improvement notice requiring the person to—

      2. remedy the contravention; or
        1. prevent a likely contravention from occurring; or
          1. remedy the things or activities causing the contravention or likely to cause a contravention.

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            Notes
            • Section 126H: inserted, on , by section 70 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 59).