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Part 4Administration
Improvement notices

126IContent of improvement notices

  1. An improvement notice must state—

  2. that the chief executive believes the person—
    1. 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; and
      2. the provision the chief executive believes is being, or is likely to be, contravened; and
        1. briefly, how the provision is being, or is likely to be, contravened; and
          1. a reasonable period within which the person is required to remedy—
            1. the contravention or likely contravention; or
              1. the things or activities causing the contravention or likely to cause a contravention.

              2. An improvement notice may include recommendations concerning—

              3. the measures that could be taken to remedy the contravention, or prevent the likely contravention, to which the notice relates:
                1. the things or activities causing the contravention, or likely to cause a contravention, to which the notice relates.

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