New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HOUSING ACT 2001 - SECT 69A

69A Failure to notify of change of circumstances

(1) A person must not, with the intention of retaining or continuing to obtain a benefit to which the person knows that he or she is not entitled, fail to notify the Corporation of any relevant change of circumstances within the time specified in subsection (2).

Maximum penalty: 3 months imprisonment or 20 penalty units, or both.

(2) The Corporation must be notified under subsection (1) within 28 days after the person first becomes aware of the relevant change of circumstances.

(3) In this section:
"benefit" means any accommodation, rental rebate or any other advantage or concession from the Corporation.
"relevant change of circumstances" means a change in the person’s circumstances that will remove or reduce the person’s entitlement to a benefit.