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Duration of tenancy for dwellings referred to in section 3(1A)
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3. (1) The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 19B:
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“19C. (1) The duration of a tenancy of a relevant dwelling shall not exceed a period of 41 weeks.
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(2) A landlord shall not request that a person enters or require a person to enter into a lease or tenancy agreement in relation to a relevant dwelling the duration of which exceeds a period of 41 weeks.
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(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2), a person may, at his or her request, and with the agreement of the landlord, enter into a lease or tenancy agreement in relation to a relevant dwelling the duration of which is a period of more than 41 weeks.
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(4) In this section—
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‘landlord’ in addition to the meaning assigned to it by section 5, includes a person holding himself, herself or itself out as having a relevant dwelling available for occupation under a tenancy;
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‘relevant dwelling’ means a dwelling referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3.”.
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(2) The amendment of the Principal Act effected by subsection (1) shall only apply to a tenancy created after the date of the commencement of subsection (1) or in respect of a dwelling held out after that date as being available for occupation under a tenancy.
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