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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 439I Providing copy of personal information listed

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 439I

Providing copy of personal information listed

S. 439I(1) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 305(1)(2).

    (1)     A residential rental provider who lists personal information about a person in a residential tenancy database must, if asked in writing by the person, give the person a copy of the information within 14 days after the request is made.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (2)     A database operator must, if asked in writing by a person whose personal information is in the residential tenancy database kept by the operator, give the person a copy of the information within 14 days after the request is made.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

S. 439I(3) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 305(2).

    (3)     If a residential rental provider charges a fee for giving personal information under subsection (1), or a database operator charges a fee for giving personal information under subsection (2), the subsection applies only if the fee has been paid.

S. 439I(4) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 305(3)(a).

    (4)     A fee charged by a residential rental provider for giving personal information under subsection (1), or by a database operator for giving personal information under subsection (2)—

        (a)     must not be excessive; and

S. 439I(4)(b) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 305(3)(b).

        (b)     must not apply to lodging a request for accessing the information; and

S. 439I(4)(c) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 305(3)(c).

        (c)     must not apply to the first instance of a database operator and a residential rental provider giving personal information to a person under subsection (2) within any 12 month period.

S. 439J inserted by No. 67/2010 s. 90.