(a) sign the copy of the condition report
given to the tenant; and
(b) if the tenant does not agree with the condition
report—show the parts of the condition report the tenant disagrees with by
marking the copy of the condition report in an appropriate way; and
(c)
return the copy of the condition report to the lessor or agent.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(4) However, if the
lessor or agent has not given a copy of the condition report to the tenant
before the tenant occupies the premises, subsection (3) applies to the tenant
as if a reference to occupying the premises were a reference to receiving the
copy.
(5) If the tenant returns the copy of the condition report to the
lessor or agent under subsection (3) , the lessor or agent must make a copy of
the condition report and return it to the tenant within 14 days.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(6) The lessor or agent
must keep, at least until 1 year after the last residential tenancy agreement,
to which a condition report relates, ends—
(a) the signed copy of the
condition report returned to the lessor or agent by the tenant; or
(b) if the
tenant does not return a signed copy—another copy of the condition report.
(8) Unless a new condition report is prepared for a
renewal agreement, the condition report for the original agreement is taken to
be the condition report for the renewal agreement at the start of the tenancy.
