Residential Tenancies Act 2010 No 42
Current version for 4 January 2013 to date (accessed 19 May 2013 at 04:08)

8   Agreements to which Act does not apply

(1)  This Act does not apply to the following agreements:
(a)  occupation agreements to which the Holiday Parks (Long-term Casual Occupation) Act 2002 applies,
(b)  residence contracts within the meaning of the Retirement Villages Act 1999,
(c)  an agreement under which a person boards or lodges with another person,
(d)  an agreement under which a person resides in refuge or crisis accommodation of a kind prescribed by the regulations,
(e)  leases and licences under the Crown Lands Act 1989, the Western Lands Act 1901 or the Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act 1989,
(f)  an agreement for the sale of land that confers a right to occupy residential premises on a party to the agreement,
(g)  an agreement that arises under a term of a mortgage and confers a right to occupy residential premises on a party to the mortgage,
(h)  an agreement made for the purpose of giving a person the right to occupy residential premises for a period of not more than 3 months for the purpose of a holiday,
(i)  an agreement that arises under a company title scheme under which a group of adjoining or adjacent premises is owned or leased by a corporation each of whose shareholders has, by virtue of his or her shares, an exclusive right to occupy one or more of the residential premises,
(j)  an agreement having a term, together with the term of any further agreement that may be granted under an option in respect of it, that is equal to or exceeds 99 years.
(2)  This Act (other than Parts 8, 9 and 11) does not apply to residential tenancy agreements to which the Residential Parks Act 1998 applies.
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