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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Administration - Enforceable undertakings

126P: Compliance with enforceable undertaking

You could also call this:

“You must follow through on your promise to fix things, or you'll be breaking the law.”

If you make a promise to do something under this law, you must keep that promise. This promise is called an ‘enforceable undertaking’. If you break your promise, you are doing something against the law. This means you could get in trouble.

If you want to know more about what happens if you break a promise like this, you can look at section 126 of this law.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS453525.

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Part 4 Administration
Enforceable undertakings

126PCompliance with enforceable undertaking

  1. A person must not contravene an enforceable undertaking given by that person that is in force.

  2. A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an unlawful act.

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