PART 5Termination

CHAPTER 2Termination by tenant

48Tenant’s ability to bring tenancy to an end

1

A tenant may bring to an end a tenancy which is a private residential tenancy by giving the landlord a notice which fulfils the requirements described in section 49.

2

A tenancy comes to an end in accordance with subsection (1) on the day on which the notice states (in whatever terms) that it is to come to an end.

3

But a tenancy does not come to an end in accordance with subsection (1) if—

a

before the day mentioned in subsection (2), the tenant makes a request to the landlord to continue the tenancy after that day, and

b

the landlord agrees to the request.

4

In subsections (1) and (3), in a case where two or more persons jointly are the landlord under the tenancy, references to the landlord are to any of those persons.