Residential Tenancy Amendment Regulations 2025
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 .
22 September 2025B. BAKER
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
GUY BARNETT
Minister for Small Business, Trade and Consumer Affairs
These regulations may be cited as the Residential Tenancy Amendment Regulations 2025 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Residential Tenancy Regulations 2025 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 9 amended (Non-application of certain provisions of Act to primary production residential tenancy agreement)
Regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulation (1) and substituting the following subregulation:(1) In this regulation –primary production residential tenancy agreement means a residential tenancy agreement –(a) for residential premises that –(i) are situated on primary production land, within the meaning of section 7(1)(a) of the Land Tax Act 2000 ; and(ii) are made available to a party to an employment contract, or employment agreement, in relation to primary production taking place on that land; and(b) that includes a provision which specifies that a party to the agreement must give to each party of that agreement a minimum of 21 days notice of an intention to terminate the agreement, however described.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 1 October 2025
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Residential Tenancy Regulations 2025 by clarifying that a primary production residential tenancy agreement is an agreement that specifies a minimum notice period of termination of 21 days.