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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
18AApplying for a tenancy
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18A Applying for a tenancy
(1) The Commissioner may, in writing, approve a class of information
or documents relating to prospective tenants that a landlord may
require a prospective tenant to provide in support of an application
for a tenancy of residential premises.
(2) If a landlord requires a prospective tenant to apply for a tenancy,
the landlord must not require the tenant to provide any information
or a document that is not approved by the Commissioner under
subsection (1).
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(3) A landlord commits an offence if the landlord contravenes
subsection (2).
Maximum penalty 20 penalty units.
(4) Within 5 business days of entering into a tenancy agreement or
deciding not to enter into a tenancy agreement, a landlord must
destroy any information or documents the landlord received from
any applicant for the tenancy who did not become a party to a
tenancy agreement with the landlord.