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.