Section 15 — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

(1) The regulations may prescribe a standard form of residential tenancy agreement.
(2) The regulations may provide for the following—
(a) the terms of the agreement,
(b) more than one standard form of residential tenancy agreement for use for different classes of residential premises, agreements or parties,
(c) the addition of clauses to, or the omission or variation of terms contained in, a standard form of residential tenancy agreement in specified circumstances,
(d) the application of terms of standard forms of residential tenancy agreement to agreements entered into before the regulations prescribing those standard forms took effect.
(3) A standard form of residential tenancy agreement must be consistent with this Act and the regulations.
(4) A residential tenancy agreement for which a standard form is prescribed may include additional terms, but only if—
(a) the terms do not contravene this Act or the regulations or any other Act, and
(b) the terms are not inconsistent with the terms set out in the standard form.
(5) A residential tenancy agreement of a kind for which a standard form is prescribed is taken to include the terms of the standard form.
(6) This section is subject to this Act.
Note. Section 20 allows terms otherwise included by this Act to be excluded or modified in residential tenancy agreements having a fixed term of 20 years or more.

Related sections

• s 12 — Exemptions from operation of Act
• s 13 — Agreements that are residential tenancy agreements
• s 14 — Landlord’s obligation to ensure written residential tenancy agreement
• s 16 — Written residential tenancy agreements—Tribunal orders
• s 17 — Certain unexecuted residential tenancy agreements enforceable
• s 18 — Fixed term agreements to continue as periodic agreements after end of fixed term

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