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Residential Tenancy Act 1997 (No. 82 of 1997)
Requested:  20 May 2013
Consolidated as at:  11 Jan 2005

53. Responsibility of tenant for cleanliness and damage

A tenant of residential premises –

(a) is to keep the premises in a reasonable state of cleanliness having regard to the condition of the premises at the beginning of the tenancy; and

(b) at the end of the tenancy, is to leave the premises as nearly as possible in the same condition, apart from reasonable wear and tear –

(i) as set out in the condition report; or

(ii) if there is no condition report, as the premises were at the start of the tenancy.

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