Either the park owner or the resident can give written notice (using Form B or Form B1 respectively) to the other for termination due to a breach of the residential park agreement. The breach must be remedied within the specified time on the notice, or the agreement is terminated.

If the breach is in relation to unpaid rent, the notice is ineffectual unless the rent was in arrears for at least 7 days prior to the notice being issued.

If the breach is in dispute, the resident or park owner may apply to the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal SACAT for an order declaring that they are not in breach or have remedied the breach and that the agreement can not be terminated or, alternatively, reinstating the agreement. SACAT can also reinstate the agreement, despite a valid termination for a breach, on the basis of it being just and equitable [see Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) ss 56, 63, 68 and 74].

If the tenant does not give up possession of the property after the specified time period and the termination is valid the park owner can apply to SACAT for an order of possession. This order can only be enforced by a baliff of SACAT [see Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) ss 83 and 87].

Both the park owner and the resident can terminate if the other party has breached a term of the agreement and has already breached the same term, at least twice before [see Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) ss 57, 64, 69 and 75].

A park owner can terminate the residential park agreement immediately because of serious misconduct by the resident or their visitor (using Form B). Serious misconduct includes intentionally or recklessly causing or permitting, or likely to cause or permit personal injury, serious damage to property in the residential park, or serious interference with reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of another resident or person residing in the immediate vicinity [see Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) s 70].

If a resident is reasonably suspected of committing a serious act of violence or the safety of any person in the park is in danger and the park owner has served an exclusion notice (Form E) on them excluding them from the park. Then the park owner can make an urgent application to the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal SACAT to terminate the residential park agreement. This application must be made during the exclusion period [see Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) s 97].

After giving the appropriate notice (using Form C), termination of a periodic tenancy agreement for a residential park tenancy agreement can also occur due:

[See Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) ss 59-62, 65 - 67, 71-73, 76-78].

If a breach has occurred that justifies the termination of the agreement both the park owner and the resident can apply to the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal SACAT to terminate the agreement and make an order for repossession of the rented property.

Termination can also be justified by SACAT if the continuation would cause undue hardship to either the park owner or the resident. SACAT can make an order compensating a park owner or resident for loss or inconvenience caused by the early termination of the agreement [see Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) ss 79-81].

If the resident does not leave after termination

The park owner can apply for an order of possession from SACAT if the resident does not vacate the rented property after termination. The resident may also be liable to pay compensation for any loss incurred for failing to comply with an order [see Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) s 83].

Response for enforcing resident’s rights

If the park owner makes an application to terminate the residential park agreement or for repossession of the property and SACAT finds that the park owner was even just partially motivated to make the application due to the resident complaining to a government agency or trying to enforce their rights, then SACAT can refuse the application and/or reinstate the residential park agreement [see Residential Parks Act 2007 (SA) s 88].