Who/what the Landlord's and Tenant Act does not cover
- Tenants whose main place of residence is a residential park and who are covered by the Residential Parks Act 1998 (see Park and Village Service factsheets)
- ‘protected’ tenants under the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1948
- residential aged-care or respite-care premises
- serviced apartments, hotels, motels and backpackers hostels
- hospitals and nursing homes
- club premises used to provide temporary accommodation
- premises used mostly for the purpose of trade, profession, business or agriculture
- holiday parks occupation agreements
- retirement village residence contracts
- refuge or crisis accommodation agreements
- boarding and lodging agreements (see Factsheet 14: Boarders and lodgers)
- agreements giving the right to occupy residential premises for no more than 3 months for a holiday
It also does not apply:
- where a tenant made an agreement in good faith for the sale, purchase or mortgage of the residential premises
- where a tenant is a shareholder living in company title premises
- where a tenancy agreement is part of an equity purchase agreement which gives the tenant an option to buy
- to most family arrangements.