Lessor’s responsibility for cleanliness and repairs
42 Lessor’s responsibility for cleanliness and repairs
In this section —
premises includes fixtures and chattels provided with the premises, but does not include —
any fixture or chattel disclosed by the lessor as not functioning before the agreement was entered into; or
any other fixture or chattel that the tenant could not reasonably have expected to be functioning at the time the agreement was entered into.
It is a term of every residential tenancy agreement that the lessor —
must deliver up to the tenant vacant possession of the premises in a reasonable state of cleanliness and a reasonable state of repair having regard to its age and character; and
must maintain the premises in a reasonable state of repair having regard to its age and character and must conduct any repairs within a reasonable period after the need for the repair arises; and
must comply with all requirements in respect of buildings, health and safety under any other written law insofar as they apply to the premises.
[Section 42 inserted: No. 60 of 2011 s. 41.]
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