Section 142 — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

(1) This section applies to a social housing tenancy agreement that is a fixed term agreement under which the landlord is the New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation or the Aboriginal Housing Office.
(2) The landlord may, if the fixed term has ended, by written notice given to the tenant declare that the agreement is subject to a fixed term of the tenancy specified in the notice from the date specified in the notice.
(3) At the end of any such further fixed term—
(a) any term of the agreement that provides for the continuation of the agreement applies, or
(b) section 18 applies.
(4) A declaration may be made under this section in relation to an agreement on more than one occasion.
(5) A tenancy that is subject to a further fixed term under this section may be terminated in accordance with this Act by the tenant (but not by the landlord) as if the social housing tenancy agreement were a periodic agreement.

Related sections

• s 139 — Social housing tenants to pay charges for water
• s 140 — Payment of debts by social housing tenants
• s 141 — Cancellation or reduction of rent rebates
• s 143 — Termination notice may be given on ground that tenant not eligible for social housing
• s 144 — Eligibility assessments of social housing tenants
• s 145 — Review of decision to give notice on ground that tenant not eligible for social housing

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