Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person who
receives any rent under a residential tenancy agreement shall, within
3 days of receiving the rent (not including an “excluded day”
as defined in section 61(2) of the Interpretation Act 1984 ),
prepare and give, or cause to be prepared and given, to the person paying the
rent a receipt specifying the date on which the rent was received, the name of
the person paying the rent, the amount paid, the period of the tenancy in
respect of which it is paid, and the premises in respect of which it is paid.
Penalty: $1 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to rent paid under an agreement between the
owner and tenant into an account at an ADI (authorised deposit-taking
institution) as defined in section 5 of the Banking Act 1959 of the
Commonwealth nominated by the owner.
(3) Nothing in
subsection (1) shall be read as limiting section 69 of the Real
Estate and Business Agents Act 1978 .
[Section 33 amended by No. 59 of 1995
s. 55; No. 26 of 1999 s. 100(2).]