(1) A resident who intends to vacate a supported residential service must give a notice of intention to vacate to the provider within the relevant time period under subsection (2).
(2) The required period for a notice of intention to vacate is—
(a) if the residential and services agreement specifies a notice period, not less than the notice period specified in that agreement; or
(b) in any other case, not less than 2 days.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), an intention to be temporarily absent from a supported residential service is not to be taken as an intention to vacate the supported residential service.
(4) Nothing in this section affects a provider's right to issue a notice to vacate under sections 260 to 268.
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to a resident of a supported residential service whose occupation of the supported residential service is by an agreement for short-term accommodation only.
(6) In this section—
"short-term accommodation "means accommodation for not more than 3 consecutive months in total.