RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 206ZZH Sale of Part 4A dwelling

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 206ZZH

    (1)     A site owner may enter into an agreement with a site tenant or former site tenant to sell a Part 4A dwelling on behalf of the site tenant or former site tenant.

S. 206ZZH(2) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 222(1).

    (2)     A site owner must not require a site tenant to enter into an agreement under subsection (1).

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

S. 206ZZH(3) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 222(2).

    (3)     A site owner who enters into an agreement to sell a Part 4A dwelling on behalf of a site tenant or former site tenant must not charge a commission for the sale unless the scale or amount of commission has been disclosed in accordance with section 206S.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

S. 206ZZH(4) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 222(3).

    (4)     A site owner must not by act or omission obstruct or hinder the sale of a Part 4A dwelling by a site tenant.

Penalty:     150 penalty units in the case of a natural person;

750 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

S. 206ZZH(5) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 222(4).

    (5)     For the purpose of subsection (4), a site owner does not hinder or obstruct the sale of a Part 4A dwelling owned by a site tenant if—

        (a)     the site owner refuses consent to the assignment of a site agreement under section 206ZZD(1D); and

        (b)     the Part 4A dwelling has a serious defect; and

        (c)     no undertaking has been given to the site owner to rectify the serious defect.

S. 206ZZH(6) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 222(4).

    (6)     A site owner may charge a commission for the sale of a Part 4A dwelling if—

        (a)     the services provided by the site owner as a selling agent caused the sale; and

        (b)     the purchaser of the site dwelling is not the site owner or a related party of the site owner.

S. 206ZZH(7) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 222(4).

    (7)     In subsection (6)—

"related party", in relation to a site owner, means—

        (a)     the partner, child, parent or sibling of the site owner; or

        (b)     the partner of the child, parent or sibling of the site owner; or

        (c)     a business partner of the site owner; or

        (d)     a corporation owned, managed or effectively controlled by the site owner or a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

Division 10—Rights of entry

S. 206ZZI inserted by No. 67/2010 s. 10.