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title: "Tenant’s termination notice because of domestic abuse, with evidence checklist and after-steps (NSW s 105B)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/tenant-domestic-abuse-termination-notice-pack-nsw"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a57-tenant-domestic-abuse-termination-notice-pack-nsw"
area_id: "A57"
kind: "notice"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A57-N20261018-8"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Tenant’s termination notice because of domestic abuse, with evidence checklist and after-steps (NSW s 105B)

> Pack for a tenant ending a NSW tenancy to avoid further domestic abuse: the s 105B notice, the three kinds of evidence accepted (conviction, protection order, competent person’s declaration), no compensation, co-tenant…

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Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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Pack for a tenant ending a NSW tenancy to avoid further domestic abuse: the s 105B notice, the three kinds of evidence accepted (conviction, protection order, competent person’s declaration), no compensation, co-tenant notice by the landlord, rent relief for remaining tenants and confidentiality.

## Key facts

- Kind: Notice. A formal notice to serve or publish.
- Practice area: [Residential Tenancies](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Red. Keep AI out of the decisive steps. A lawyer does the work.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 4 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when a tenant, or a tenant’s dependent child, has experienced domestic abuse and the tenant wants to end their tenancy in NSW, including before a fixed term ends. The lawyer advises; the tenant signs. The competent person’s declaration is in the prescribed form and is made by that person, not prepared by the firm.

## Used for these tasks

- [Advise a tenant ending a tenancy because of domestic or family violence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies.md#A57-N20261018-8)

## How AI may be used

The lawyer advises and the tenant signs; AI may only fill the premises, landlord and date details and list the evidence held, and must not handle the evidence documents or the tenant’s safe contact details.

**AI may:**

- Fill the premises address, landlord or agent details and the termination date into the notice from the lease
- List which of the three kinds of evidence the tenant already holds, from the lawyer’s file note

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft, summarise or describe the abuse in the notice or anywhere else; the notice states only what s 105B requires
- Must not prepare, fill or suggest content for a competent person’s declaration
- Must not process the protection order, conviction certificate or declaration, or the tenant’s new address or safe contact details
- Must not send anything to the landlord, agent or co-tenants

**The lawyer checks:**

- The evidence is one of the kinds in s 105C: a conviction certificate, an in-force DVO or family violence injunction protecting the tenant or dependent child against the alleged perpetrator, or a declaration under s 105E in the prescribed form
- The notice states that the tenant is ending the tenancy to avoid exposing the tenant or dependent child to further domestic abuse, and its termination date is on or after the day it is given
- The notice is given to the landlord with the evidence, in a way that does not reveal the tenant’s new address
- The tenant understands they are not liable for compensation for ending the tenancy, but remain liable for other amounts such as rent to the termination date and damage

## Authorities

- [Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) s 105B (giving termination notice; evidence to accompany it; termination date may be before the end of a fixed term)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-042)
- [Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) ss 105C, 105D, 105E (evidence of domestic abuse; competent persons; declarations in the prescribed form)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-042)
- [Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) ss 105F, 105G, 105H, 105I, 105J (false information; effect of the notice and no compensation; landlord’s notice to other tenants; temporary rent adjustment; protection of information)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-042)
- [NSW Police Force, For support (Triple Zero (000); 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732; NSW Domestic Violence Line)](https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/crime/domestic_and_family_violence/16_days_of_activism/16_days_of_activism_accordian/for_support)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/tenant-domestic-abuse-termination-notice-pack-nsw and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*