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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 52

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 52

52—Discrimination against tenants with children

        (1)         A person must not refuse to grant a tenancy to another on the ground that it is intended that a child should live on the premises.

Maximum penalty: $25 000.

        (2)         A person must not—

            (a)         instruct a person not to grant; or

            (b)         state an intention (by advertisement or in any other way) not to grant,

a tenancy on the ground that it is intended that a child should live on the premises.

Maximum penalty: $25 000.

        (3)         However, this section does not apply if the landlord, or an agent appointed by the landlord to manage the premises, resides in the premises to which the tenancy relates.