You’re in uncharted waters here.
The government has not yet outlined what the terms of their non eviction for renters means.
Technically sending a notice of termination is an eviction notice. You are depriving a person of a roof over their head.
If you do not send the termination notice, then as you know, the lease becomes continuing. That means the rent stays the same unless there is an agreement between you and the tenant. What changes is the notice period. 21 days for the tenant, 60 days for you.
I have heard that the rules for tenant rent relief will include that the tenant is on jobseeker or other social welfare.
So unless the tenant relies on social security, you may be able to evict them. But as I said times have changed and it’s all untested.
To evict a tenant you have to have a court order. Since the local courts are only dealing with urgent matters at the moment, the tenant could be there a long time.
What have you got to lose by making it a continuing lease? The tenant has to still pay the same rent.
You will have to wait till the government releases its rules about evictions in the current environment to see what the new rules are.
Maybe wait a few days to see the government rules.
In my opinion, there will be pain for landlords.
There will be some tenants who will try to game the system.