Non-validity of notice of termination
24.1(1)Where a tenant makes a complaint against a landlord, a notice of termination of the tenancy served by the landlord within the period beginning the day on which the complaint was made and ending one year after that day is not valid if
(a)
the tenant advises a residential tenancies officer in writing within 15 days after the receipt of the notice that the tenant intends to contest the notice, and
(b)
the landlord does not satisfy the residential tenancies officer that he did not serve the notice of termination because the tenant made the complaint.
24.1(1.1)Where a tenant advises a residential tenancies officer under paragraph (1)(
a) that the tenant intends to contest a notice of termination of a tenancy served by a landlord and the landlord establishes to the satisfaction of the residential tenancies officer that the landlord did not serve the notice of termination because the tenant made a complaint against the landlord, the residential tenancies officer shall confirm the notice of termination and may vary the day on which the tenancy is to terminate.
24.1(2)Subsection (1) applies to notices of termination served after that subsection comes into force.
1983, c.82, s.15; 1984, c.60, s.2; 1997, c.13, s.3; 2006, c.5, s.17; 2017, c.1, s.1