RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 57

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 57

57—Landlord's duty to keep proper records of rent and other payments

        (1)         A landlord under a residential tenancy agreement must ensure that the following information is recorded in respect of payments received under the agreement:

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

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

            (c)         the amount paid;

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

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

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

            (g)         if the payment is not for rent or a bond—a description of the purpose of the payment, including, if applicable, the period of time to which the payment relates.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

Expiation fee: $1 200.

        (2)         A person must not—

            (a)         make a false entry in a record of a payment received under a residential tenancy agreement; or

            (b)         falsify the record in any other way.

Maximum penalty: $25 000.