34   Attornment (ie acknowledgement of purchaser as landlord)

A notice of the sale of residential premises subject to a residential tenancy agreement, given to a tenant by or on behalf of the landlord, that:

(a)  specifies the name of the purchaser, and

(b)  directs the tenant to pay all future rent to the purchaser,

shall be deemed to operate as an attornment as tenant to the purchaser by the tenant at the rent, and subject to the terms of the agreement, as at the date the notice is given.