RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 38 Rent in advance
This legislation has been repealed.
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 38
Rent in advance38 Rent in advance
(1) A person shall not require:(a) if the rent under a proposed residential tenancy agreement does not exceed the prescribed rent--more than 2 weeks' rent, or(b) if the rent exceeds the prescribed rent--more than 1 month's rent,to be paid as rent in advance under the agreement.
(2) A person shall not require the payment of any rent (other than the first payment) under a residential tenancy agreement for a period of the tenancy to be made before the end of the previous period for which rent has been paid.
(3) In this section:
"prescribed rent" means rent of $300 per week or such other amount as may be prescribed.