Section 16 — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

(1) The Tribunal may, on application by a tenant, order the landlord to prepare and enter into a written residential tenancy agreement.
(2) The order may—
(a) specify the terms of the agreement, and
(b) specify a commencement date for the agreement that occurred before the order was made.
(3) The Tribunal may make an order under this section only if it is satisfied that the landlord and tenant are subject to an existing residential tenancy agreement that is not in writing or is only partly in writing and that the tenant is not holding over under a previous written fixed term agreement.

Related sections

• s 13 — Agreements that are residential tenancy agreements
• s 14 — Landlord’s obligation to ensure written residential tenancy agreement
• s 15 — Standard residential tenancy agreements
• s 17 — Certain unexecuted residential tenancy agreements enforceable
• s 18 — Fixed term agreements to continue as periodic agreements after end of fixed term
• s 19 — Prohibited terms

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