Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If—
(a) a lessor purports to serve a termination notice on a tenant; and
(b) the form is not in the form approved under section 133 (Approved forms—Minister) for a termination notice or served as prescribed by regulation; and
(c) the tenant does not vacate the premises;
the lessor may apply to the ACAT for a waiver of the defect in the notice or in the service of the notice and for the making of a termination and possession order.
(2) The ACAT must not waive a defect in a termination notice or its service and make a termination and possession order unless satisfied that the defect did not, and is not likely to, place the tenant in a significantly worse position than the tenant would have been in had the notice been in, and served in, accordance with the standard residential tenancy terms.