New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LANDLORD AND TENANT (RENTAL BONDS) ACT 1977 - SECT 17

17 Proceedings for offences

(1) Proceedings for offences against this Act or the regulations shall be disposed of in a summary manner before the Local Court.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in any Act, proceedings for an offence punishable under this Act may be brought:

(a) in the case of an offence in relation to a rental bond for a lease or a proposed lease-at any time before the expiration of the period of 3 years that next succeeds:

(i) the commission of the offence, or

(ii) the termination of the lease,

whichever is the later, or

(b) in any other case-at any time before the expiration of the period of 3 years that next succeeds the commission of the offence.