The term 'agent' in the definition of 'landlord' in s 4 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1999 (NT) denotes a person or entity having the landlord's authority concerning the control and management of the tenancy, not merely a person acting on behalf of the landlord in a general sense. The Chief Executive Officer (Housing) is a statutory corporation sole with legal personality separate from the Northern Territory, and the Territory is not the CEO's agent for the purposes of public housing management. Proceedings concerning rights and remedies under the Residential Tenancies Act should be commenced in the Tribunal, not the Supreme Court, and parallel proceedings in the Supreme Court while the same matter is pending before the Tribunal constitute an abuse of process.
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