RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 52 Contravention of rent order
This legislation has been repealed.
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 52
Contravention of rent order52 Contravention of rent order
(1) A landlord shall not wilfully contravene or fail to comply with an order that rent shall not exceed an amount specified by the Tribunal.
(2) A person (other than a landlord) shall not demand, require or receive any rent from a tenant of an amount exceeding an amount specified by the Tribunal.
(3) A court before which proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) or (2) have been brought or the Tribunal, on application by a tenant, may (in addition to any other penalty) order the person who committed the offence or any person on whose behalf that person acted to pay to the tenant against whom the offence was committed an amount equal to the amount of any rent unlawfully received from the tenant.