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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
19Copy of agreement to be given to tenant
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19 Copy of agreement to be given to tenant (1) After a residential tenancy agreement has been signed by both parties to the agreement, the lessor must give the tenant a copy of the signed (2) A lessor is taken to have complied with subsection (1) only if the lessor gives the copy to the tenant within 3 weeks after the lessor receives the agreement signed by the tenant.