Div 5Access to residential park

Division 5—Access to residential park 33—Access to residential park (1) It is a term of a residential park agreement that the park owner— (a) must provide 24 hours vehicular access for the resident to the rented property; and (b) must provide 24 hours access for the resident to the residential park and any common area bathroom and toilet facilities of the park; and (c) must provide access during all reasonable hours for the resident to any other common area facilities of the park. (2) It is a term of a residential park agreement that, if the park owner has installed a lock or other security device (such as boom gates) to restrict entry to the residential park, or some part of the residential park to which it is agreed that the resident may have access, the park owner— (a) must give a copy of the key or any other opening device or information required to open the security device to the resident— (i) in the case of a security device in place at the commencement of the agreement—at or before the commencement of the agreement; and (ii) in the case of a security device installed or changed during the term of the agreement—before the security device is locked or activated; and (b) must maintain the security device in working order. (3) A park owner or park owner's agent who, without reasonable excuse, excludes or restricts, or attempts to exclude or restrict, access by a resident to the residential park or a part of the park in contravention of a term of a residential park agreement arising under this section is guilty of an offence. (4) The liability to be prosecuted for the offence is in addition to civil liability for breach of the agreement.