54BDeclaration of code of conduct applying to short-term rental accommodation industry participants

#### 54B Declaration of code of conduct applying to short-term rental accommodation industry participants 54B Declaration of code of conduct applying to short-term rental accommodation industry participants > > (1) The regulations may declare that a code of conduct specified or referred to in the regulations is a code of conduct applying to short-term rental accommodation industry participants. > > > (2) Without limiting the matters for or in respect of which a code of conduct may make provision, a code of conduct may— > > > > > (a) set out the rights and obligations of short-term rental accommodation industry participants, and > > > > > (b) provide for the administration of the code by a specified person or body, and > > > > > (c) provide for the registration of residential premises used for the purposes of short-term rental accommodation arrangements and for the registration system to include details about when residential premises are used for those purposes, and > > > > > (d) provide for warnings to be given to short-term rental accommodation industry participants who contravene the code, and > > > > > (e) require the provision of information or reports to the Secretary relating to the short-term rental accommodation industry and the operation of the code, and > > > > > (f) provide for the resolution of disputes and complaints concerning the conduct of short-term rental accommodation industry participants, and > > > > > (g) authorise the keeping of a register (the exclusion register) containing the details of short-term rental accommodation industry participants who have failed to comply with the code, and > > > > > (h) regulate or restrict access to the exclusion register, and > > > > > (i) prohibit or restrict persons whose details are listed on the exclusion register from entering into, or participating in, short-term rental accommodation arrangements. > > > (3) A regulation that declares a code of conduct may— > > > > > (a) make provision for or with respect to appeals against the listing of a person’s details on the exclusion register, and > > > > > (b) authorise the Secretary to recover from short-term rental accommodation industry participants the costs incurred by the Secretary in connection with the enforcement and administration of the code, and > > > > > (c) exclude a specified short-term rental accommodation industry participant or class of short-term rental accommodation industry participants from the application of the code or any part of the code, and > > > > > (d) contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the declaration of the code. > > **pt 4, div 4A (ss 54A–54E):** Ins 2018 No 41, Sch 1.