Fire Services Act 1990
sec.148KNotice to buyer of manufactured home about smoke alarms
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sec.148K Notice to buyer of manufactured home about smoke alarms
This section applies if the home owner for a site in a residential park on which a manufactured home is positioned proposes to— sell the home to another person (the buyer ); or assign the home owner’s interest in the site agreement for the site to another person (the assignee ). The home owner must give the other person notice, in the following document, of whether smoke alarms complying with this division are installed in the manufactured home— for the buyer—the sale agreement for the sale; or for the assignee—the form of assignment for the assignment. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. The seller must not state anything in the notice that the seller knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —5 penalty units. In this section— form of assignment see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 31K (1) . home owner see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 8 . manufactured home see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 10 . residential park see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 12 . sale agreement see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 56B (1) . site see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 13 . site agreement see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 14 . s 148K (prev s 104RM) ins 2006 No. 49 s 37 amd 2016 No. 45 s 12 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 56 (2) amd 2024 No. 28 s 52 sch 1 (sec.148K-ssec.1) This section applies if the home owner for a site in a residential park on which a manufactured home is positioned proposes to— sell the home to another person (the buyer ); or assign the home owner’s interest in the site agreement for the site to another person (the assignee ). (sec.148K-ssec.2) The home owner must give the other person notice, in the following document, of whether smoke alarms complying with this division are installed in the manufactured home— for the buyer—the sale agreement for the sale; or for the assignee—the form of assignment for the assignment. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. (sec.148K-ssec.4) The seller must not state anything in the notice that the seller knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —5 penalty units. (sec.148K-ssec.5) In this section— form of assignment see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 31K (1) . home owner see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 8 . manufactured home see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 10 . residential park see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 12 . sale agreement see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 56B (1) . site see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 13 . site agreement see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 14 .