Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

See also Conveyancing Act 1919; Landlord and Tenant Amendment (Distress Abolition) Act 1930 Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1932, sec 26A; Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1948; Imperial Acts Application Act 1969, sec 32; Limitation Act 1969; and Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Act 1977.

Table of amending instruments

Landlord and Tenant Act 1899 No 18 (formerly Landlord and Tenant Act of 1899). Assented to 20.11.1899. This Act has been amended as follows:

1919	No 6	Conveyancing Act 1919. Assented to 13.11.1919. Date of commencement, 1.7.1920, sec 1.
1930	No 49	Landlord and Tenant Amendment (Distress Abolition) Act 1930. Assented to 19.12.1930. Date of commencement, 10.12.1930, sec 1 (2).
1931	No 30	Ejectments Postponement Act 1931. Assented to 14.8.1931. Date of commencement, 14.8.1931, sec 1 (2) and GG No 107 of 14.8.1931, p 2957. (Repealed Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1932 No 67.)
1932	No 67	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1932. Assented to 30.12.1932. Date of commencement of Part 2 (secs 3-12), 1.3.1933, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 24.2. 1933, p 806.
1936	No 50	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1936. Assented to 9.12.1936.
1937	No 35	Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937.
1948	No 43	Landlord and Tenant (Further Amendment) Act 1948. Assented to 23.12.1948.
1954	No 46	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1954. Assented to 16.12.1954. Date of commencement of sec 6, 1.1.1955, sec 6 (3).
1958	No 10	Common Law Procedure and Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1958. Assented to 11.4.1958.
1960	No 55	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1960. Assented to 1.12.1960. Date of commencement of sec 2, 1.1.1961, sec 2 (2) and GG No 150 of 30.12.1960, p 4129.
1964	No 17	Law Reform (Married Persons) Act 1964. Assented to 30.4.1964.
1965	No 33	Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1968	No 58	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1968. Assented to 13.12.1968. Date of commencement of sec 7, 1.1.1969, sec 1 (4). Amended by Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1969 No 76.
1969	No 31	Limitation Act 1969. Assented to 9.4.1969. Date of commencement, 1.1.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 106 of 21.8.1970, p 3331.
	No 76	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1969. Assented to 3.12.1969.
1970	No 52	Supreme Court Act 1970. Assented to 14.10.1970. Date of commencement, Part 9 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 (1) and GG No 59 of 2.6.1972, p 2018. Amended by Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972 No 41. Assented to 11.4.1972.
1973	No 9	District Court Act 1973. Assented to 10.4.1973. Date of commencement, 1.7.1973, sec 2 and GG No 75 of 8.6.1973, p 2158.
1978	No 11	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1978. Assented to 6.3.1978.
1986	No 61	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to 21.5.1986.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
	No 27	Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 12.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 30.10.1989, sec 2 (2) (a) and GG No 100 of 13.10.1989, p 8283.
1993	No 47	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1997	No 147	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
1998	No 168	Residential Tribunal Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 4.2, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 977.
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 3.13, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Schs 4 and 5, assent, sec 2 (1).
2000	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001	No 82	Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001. Assented to 21.11.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 7.11, 25.2.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 48 of 22.2.2002, p 901.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 73	Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Relationships) Act 2002. Assented to 1.10.2002. Date of commencement, 1.11.2002, sec 2 and GG No 201 of 1.11.2002, p 9302.
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 1.55 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 49	Shop Trading Act 2008. Assented to 30.6.2008. Date of commencement, 1.7.2008, sec 2.
2009	No 106	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 8.1.2010, sec 2 (2).
2010	No 19	Relationships Register Act 2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 42	Residential Tenancies Act 2010. Assented to 17.6.2010. Date of commencement, 31.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (658) LW 3.12.2010.

This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 2.4.1974, and published in GG No 84 of 12.7.1974, p 2728, declaring that the Landlord and Tenant Act 1899 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997.

Part 1A, heading	Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.59.
Sec 1	Am 1968 No 58, sec 7 (1) (a); 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1973 No 9, Sch 2; 1978 No 11, sec 2 (a). Subst 1986 No 61, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 1A	Ins 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 1B	Ins 1987 No 27, Sch 1. Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.13; 2010 No 42, Sch 3.9.
Sec 1C	Am 2010 No 19, Sch 3.54 [1].
Part 1, heading	Ins 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 2AA	Ins 1978 No 11, sec 2 (b). Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 3.13; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [1]; 2008 No 49, Sch 3.3; 2009 No 106, Sch 5.6.
Sec 2A	Ins 1960 No 55, sec 2 (1) (a). Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch. Am 1973 No 9, Sch 2.
Sec 2B	Ins 1964 No 17, sec 4. Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 2002 No 73, Sch 1.13 [1]–[3]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.54 [2] [3].
Sec 2C	Ins 1968 No 58, sec 7 (1) (b). Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 2D	Ins 1968 No 58, sec 7 (1) (b). Am 1969 No 76, sec 3 (1) (a). Rep 1968 No 58, sec 7 (2) (am 1969 No 16, sec 4 (a)).
Heading before sec 3	Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 3	Rep 1919 No 6, Sch 1. Ins 1986 No 61, Sch 1 (2). Am 1998 No 168, Sch 4.2; 2001 No 82, Sch 7.11; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Secs 4–6	Rep 1919 No 6, Sch 1.
Part 2, heading	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 6A	Ins 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 7	Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 8	Am 1930 No 49, sec 3 (c); 1969 No 31, Sch 2. Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Secs 9, 10	Am 1969 No 31, Sch 2. Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 11	Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 12	Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 13	Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 14	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 15	Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Part 3	Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.
Sec 16	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch. Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.
Sec 17	Am 1958 No 10, sec 3 (a); 1970 No 52, Second Sch. Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.
Sec 18	Am 1930 No 49, sec 3 (d); 1960 No 55, sec 2 (1) (b); 1969 No 31, Sch 2; 1970 No 52, Second Sch. Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.
Secs 19–21	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch. Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.
Part 4, heading	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.55 [1].
Sec 21A	Ins 1978 No 11, sec 2 (c).
Sec 22	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 22A	Ins 1936 No 50, sec 2 (a). Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 23	Am 1930 No 49, sec 3 (a); 1931 No 30, sec 8 (1); 1932 No 67, sec 25 (a), Sch; 1936 No 50, sec 2 (b); 1954 No 46, sec 6 (1); 1999 No 31, Sch 4.48 [1]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [3]–[11]; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.55 [2]–[4].
Sec 24	Am 1930 No 49, sec 3 (b). Subst 1931 No 30, sec 8 (2) (a); 1932 No 67, sec 25 (b), Sch. Am 1958 No 10, sec 3 (b); 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [12] [13].
Sec 25	Am 2002 No 73, Sch 1.13 [4] [5]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.54 [4].
Sec 26	Am 1960 No 55, sec 2 (1) (c); 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [14]–[18].
Sec 27	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [19]–[21].
Sec 28	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [22].
Sec 29	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sec 31	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1948 No 43, sec 2; 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [23] [24]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 32	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [25] [26].
Sec 33	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [27].
Part 5 (secs 34–56)	Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Part 6, heading	Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Secs 57–61	Rep 1919 No 6, Sch 1.
Schs B. C	Rep 1919 No 6, Sch 1.
Sch D	Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sch E	Am 1999 No 31, Sch 4.48 [2]–[4]. Rep 2001 No 121, Sch 2.133 [28].
Schs F–M	Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.
Sch N	Ins 1968 No 58, sec 7 (1) (c). Am 1969 No 76, sec 3 (1) (b). Rep 1968 No 58, sec 7 (2) (am 1969 No 76, sec 4 (a)).