RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 66
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1995 - SECT 66
66—Security of premises
(1) It is a term of a
residential tenancy agreement that—
(a) the
landlord will take reasonable steps to provide and maintain the locks and
other devices that are necessary to ensure the premises are reasonably secure;
and
(b)
neither the landlord nor the tenant will alter or remove a lock or security
device or add a lock or security device without the consent of the other; and
(c)
neither the landlord nor the tenant will unreasonably withhold his or her
consent to the alteration, removal or addition of a lock or security device
by, and at the expense of, the other.
(2) A landlord or
tenant who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes the term of the agreement
arising under subsection (1)(b) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $35 000.
(3) If the landlord's
agent, without reasonable excuse, alters or removes a lock or security device,
or adds a lock or security device, without the tenant's consent, the agent is
guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $35 000.