South Australian Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 58

58—Duty to give receipt for rent

        (1)         A person who receives rent under a residential tenancy agreement must, within 48 hours after receiving the rent, give the person paying the rent a receipt stating—

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

            (b)         the name of the person paying the rent; and

            (c)         the amount paid; and

            (d)         the period of the tenancy to which the payment relates; and

            (e)         the address of the premises to which the payment relates.

Maximum penalty: $500.

Expiation fee: $75.

        (2)         However, if the tenant pays the rent into an account kept by the landlord or the landlord's agent at an ADI, and the landlord, or the landlord's agent keeps a written record containing the information required by subsection (1), a receipt need not be given.