It is the landlord's responsibility to provide you with a Tenancy Agreement Form.
The Tenancy Agreement sets out the conditions of the lease. This should be in plain language and a tenant should never sign anything he or she does not understand. Both the tenants and landlord sign the agreement and keep a copy. However, anything in the agreement which is different from the law has no effect. For example, if the agreement says tenants can be given a month's notice, this cannot be enforced, as the law says tenants are entitled to either 42 or 90 days' notice, depending on the situation. A landlord cannot enforce what is outside the law and tenants cannot give away their legal rights.
