Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An agent shall not
demand or receive from a tenant a commission, reward or other valuable
consideration for a service rendered by the agent in connection
with —
(a) the
letting or management of residential premises; or
(b) the
renewal, extension or continuation of a tenancy where, upon the expiry of the
term of the tenancy, a further right of occupancy of the same premises is
granted to the same tenant.
Penalty: $5 000.
(2) A commission,
reward or other valuable consideration received in contravention of
subsection (1) is recoverable by the tenant as a debt due in a court of
competent jurisdiction.
(3) In this
section —
residential premises , tenancy and tenant have the
same meanings as in section 3 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 .
[Section 61A inserted by No. 59 of 1995
s. 11.]