New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LANDLORD AND TENANT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1948 - SECT 31O

31O Application by lessor or owner contemplating repairs etc

(1) A lessor or owner of prescribed premises other than shared accommodation may give notice in writing to the Fair Rents Board nearest to the premises stating that he or she intends carrying out such repairs, renovations, improvements, alterations or additions to the premises as are specified in the notice and requesting the Board to give an estimate of the probable fair rent of the premises after the carrying out of the work so specified.

(2) The Board shall cause the premises to be inspected and after making such inquiries and obtaining such reports as the Board considers necessary, the Board shall inform the lessor or owner, as the case may be, of what would be the probable estimated fair rent of the premises if the repairs, renovations, improvements, alterations, or additions, as the case may be, are properly carried out.

(3) If subsequent to the carrying out of the work the fair rent of the premises is to be fixed by a determination of a Fair Rents Board made upon the application of the lessor or owner or otherwise, the Board shall:

(a) subject to paragraph (b) determine the fair rent of the premises in accordance with this Act, and

(b) have such regard to the estimate of the fair rent given as aforesaid as the Board deems just in the circumstances, but shall not be bound by such estimate.