Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts31. Receipt to be provided for security deposit
(1) If a person has paid an amount by cash, cheque or credit card as a security deposit to the landlord, the landlord must immediately give a receipt in accordance with subsection (3) to the person who paid it or the tenant on whose behalf the payment was received.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) If a person has paid an amount as security otherwise than by cash, cheque or credit card to the landlord, the landlord must within 2 business days after receiving the amount give a receipt in accordance with subsection (3) to the person who paid it or the tenant on whose behalf the payment was received.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) A receipt for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) is to be signed by the person who received the security deposit to which it relates and is to specify:
(a) the date the amount was received;
(b) the name of the tenant on whose behalf the payment was received;
(c) the amount paid; and
(d) the address of the premises to which the payment relates.