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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
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90 Notice of listing if database used
(a) a person (the applicant) applies to a lessor, or a lessor’s agent,
to enter into a residential tenancy agreement; and
(b) the lessor, or the lessor’s agent, uses a residential tenancy
database to check whether personal information about the
applicant is in the database; and
(c) personal information about the applicant is in the database.
(2) The lessor, or the lessor’s agent, must, as soon as possible but within
7 days after using the residential tenancy database, give the applicant
written notice of the following:
(a) the name of the residential tenancy database;
(b) that personal information about the applicant is in the database;
(c) the name of each person who listed personal information in the
database and is identified in the database;
(d) how and in what circumstances the applicant can have the
personal information removed or amended under this part.