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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 105G

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 105G

105G—Duty to provide statement or give receipt for payments

        (1)         If a resident makes a payment under a rooming house agreement or an agreement collateral to a rooming house agreement, the proprietor must, at the reasonable request of the resident, give the resident a statement of the relevant information for each payment made during the period specified in the request (and such statement must be given to the resident within 7 days of the making of the request).

Maximum penalty: $25 000.

Expiation fee: $1 200.

        (2)         If a resident makes a payment under a rooming house agreement or an agreement collateral to a rooming house agreement other than into an ADI account, the person who receives the payment must, within 48 hours after receiving the payment, give the resident a receipt setting out the relevant information in respect of the payment.

Maximum penalty: $25 000.

Expiation fee: $1 200.

        (3)         In this section—

"relevant information" in respect of a payment means—

            (a)         the date on which the payment was received; and

            (b)         the name of the person making the payment; and

            (c)         the amount paid; and

            (d)         the address of the premises to which the payment relates; and

            (e)         if the payment is for rent—the period of accommodation to which the payment relates; and

            (f)         if the payment is a bond—a statement of that fact; and

            (g)         if the payment is for facilities or services (other than accommodation)—a description of the facilities or services and the period to which the payment relates.