Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts37. Landlord to give receipt for rent
(1) A landlord must, immediately after receipt of a cash payment for rent, give to a tenant a receipt in accordance with subsection (5).
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) If rent is paid in cash to a landlord by a person on behalf of a tenant, the landlord must give to the tenant a receipt before the end of the next business day after the day on which the cash was received.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) If rent is paid by cheque by or on behalf of a tenant, the landlord must, at the request of the tenant, give to the tenant a receipt in accordance with subsection (5) within 3 business days after the date of the request.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) A landlord is not required to give a receipt if rent is directly credited or otherwise paid into an account kept by the landlord at:
(a) an ADI; or
(b) a statutory corporation of the Territory or of the Commonwealth.
(5) A receipt for the purposes of this section is to be signed by the person receiving the rent to which it relates and is to specify:
(a) the date on which the rent was received;
(b) the name of the person paying the rent;
(c) the amount paid;
(d) the period of the tenancy to which the payment relates; and
(e) the address of the premises to which the payment relates.