Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 53

53 .         Tenant’s name, place of occupation and forwarding address

        (1)         A tenant under an agreement shall not falsely state to the owner his name or place of occupation.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (2)         Where a tenant has stated a place of occupation to the owner and that place is changed, the tenant shall, within 14 days of the change, notify the owner of the new place of occupation.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (3)         A tenant under an agreement shall, at the time of delivering up possession of the premises to which the agreement relates, notify the owner, or cause the owner to be notified of — 

            (a)         the address at which he intends to next reside; or

            (b)         his postal address.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        [Section 53 amended by No. 59 of 1995 s. 55.]