47Operator to give receipt for rent

47 Operator to give receipt for rent (1) Immediately after an operator receives a cash payment for rent under a caravan park agreement from a resident, the operator must give the resident a receipt under subsection (5).

Caravan Parks Act 2012 31 (2) If rent is paid in cash to an operator by a person on behalf of a resident, the operator must give the resident a receipt under subsection (5) within 1 business day after the day the cash is paid. (3) If rent is paid by cheque by or on behalf of a resident, the operator must, at the request of the resident, give to the resident a receipt under subsection (5) within 3 business days after the day the request is made. (4) However, an operator is not required to give a receipt if rent is directly credited or otherwise paid into a prescribed account kept by the operator. (5) A receipt for this section must be signed by the person receiving the rent to which it relates and must specify all of the following: (a) the date on which the rent was received; (b) the name of the person paying the rent or for whom it is paid; (c) the amount paid; (d) the period of the occupancy to which the payment relates; (e) the address of the caravan or caravan site to which the payment relates. (6) An offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) is an offence of strict