CGT – Main Residence Rule

Hi,

I apologise in advance if this has been asked before but I tried to troll through all the CGT questions and couldn't find this particular answer.

I have a property that I'm going to put on the market.  I brought the house about 3 years ago and lived in it while renovating.  Last July I moved into my partners house and started renting my place out.  At the moment this is the only property that I own – ie I don't have another PPOR.  I know that for up to 6 years I have the option of claiming this property as my main residence but I was under the impression that I had to actually move back in to do this.  However I was looking on the ATO website and there's the following example which to me doesn't read as though this is true:

Choosing to stop the period covered by the choice early

James bought his home in Brisbane and moved in immediately. One year later he moved to Perth and rented out his Brisbane home. Five years later James bought and moved into a new home in Perth . He sold the property in Brisbane later that year. In completing his return for that year, James decided to continue to treat the Brisbane property as his main residence after he moved out of it but only until the date he purchased his new main residence in Perth.

Does anyone know if I have to actually move back into the house (or at least be seen to by connecting electricity etc) in order to get an exemption from CGT?  Just need to know if I need to wait to get the tennant out before putting it on the market or not.

Thanks for your help.