126Notice of usual use of database

126 Notice of usual use of database (a) a person (the potential tenant) applies to a landlord to enter into a tenancy agreement; and (b) the landlord usually uses one or more tenancy databases to decide whether to enter into a tenancy agreement with a (2) When the application is made, the landlord must give the potential tenant written notice stating the following: (a) the name of each tenancy database the landlord may use to decide whether to enter into a tenancy agreement with a person; (b) that the landlord uses each database to check a potential tenant's tenancy history; (c) how the potential tenant may contact and obtain information from the database operator for each database. (3) Subsection (2) applies in relation to a tenancy database whether or not the landlord intends to use the database to decide whether to enter into a tenancy agreement with the potential tenant. (4) However, the landlord need not give notice under subsection (2) if the landlord has given the potential tenant written notice stating the matters mentioned in the subsection not more than 7 days before the application was made. Residential Tenancies Act 1999 84 (5) A landlord commits an offence if the landlord fails to give notice in accordance with this section. (6) An offence against subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.