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Residential Tenancies Act 1999
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31 Receipt to be provided for security deposit
(1) If a person has paid an amount by cash, cheque or credit card as a
security deposit to the landlord, the landlord must immediately give
a receipt in accordance with subsection (3) to the person who paid
it or the tenant on whose behalf the payment was received.
(2) If a person has paid an amount as security otherwise than by cash,
cheque or credit card to the landlord, the landlord must within
2 business days after receiving the amount give a receipt in
accordance with subsection (3) to the person who paid it or the
tenant on whose behalf the payment was received.
(3) A receipt for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) is to be signed by
the person who received the security deposit to which it relates and
is to specify:
(a) the date the amount was received; and
(b) the name of the tenant on whose behalf the payment was
received; and
(c) the amount paid; and
(d) the address of the premises to which the payment relates.