A tenant's claim for refund of all rent paid on the basis that the landlord failed to obtain an occupation or approval certificate is untenable where the tenant has had the benefit of years of occupation, and s 109M of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) does not apply to buildings first occupied more than 12 months before the tenancy.
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