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请愿第一部分:lockdown rental
租约第五版2008虽然没有mention “In event of Emergency”,但是不代表这种特殊情况租客不受法律保护。According to legal advice, although the Lease of agreement 5th edition does not mention about the event of emergency, both common and case law does provide Tenants recourse in respect to no access. Landlords have been told to consider their position carefully during this time.
基督城地震后,国家意识到了第五版租约的法律漏洞,所以及时更新了租约条列第六版 Deed of lease 2012. 很多房东在2012年之后还在用旧的租约条例租房是对租客的刻意隐瞒和不公平条约。所以2012年之后签署的所有第五版合约应该自动更新到第六版的保护条款。
关于lock down事件不用于其他emergency的性质:The lock downs purpose to save lives of everyone, so everyone should make the effort to get through this difficult time. However, many landlords have made no efforts to help throughout the whole event, because the law did not require them to do so.