Residential Tenancies Act 1999
127Notice of listing if database used
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127 Notice of listing if database used (a) a landlord uses a tenancy database to check whether personal information about a potential tenant is in the database; and (b) personal information about the potential tenant is in the database. (2) As soon as possible but within 7 days after using the tenancy database, the landlord must give the potential tenant written notice (a) the name of the database; (b) that personal information about the potential tenant is in the database; (c) the name of each person identified in the database as a person who listed the personal information; (d) how and in what circumstances the potential tenant can have the personal information amended or removed under this Part. (3) A landlord commits an offence if the landlord fails to give notice in accordance with this section. (4) An offence against subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability. (5) In this section: potential tenant, see section 126.
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