Section 67 — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

(1) A tenant may, at the tenant’s cost and before the tenant gives vacant possession of the residential premises, remove any fixture that was installed by the tenant in accordance with this Act or the residential tenancy agreement.
(2) A tenant must notify the landlord of any damage caused by removing a fixture and must repair the damage or compensate the landlord for the landlord’s reasonable expenses of repairing the damage.
(3) Despite subsection (1), a tenant is not entitled to remove a fixture without the consent of the landlord if the fixture was installed at the landlord’s expense or the landlord provided the tenant with a benefit equivalent to the cost of the fixture.
(4) This section is a term of every residential tenancy agreement.

Related sections

• s 65C — Breaches of landlord’s general obligation—investigation by Secretary
• s 65D — Application to Tribunal
• s 66 — Tenant must not make alterations to premises without consent
• s 68 — Tenants’ remedies for alterations
• s 69 — Landlords’ remedies for alterations
• s 70 — Locks and other security devices

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