36Landlord to keep proper records of rent

36 Landlord to keep proper records of rent (1) A landlord must keep a written record, which may be in an electronic form, of each instalment of rent received. (2) The record is to consist of: (a) the amount of rent paid; and (b) the date on which the rent was received; and (c) the period of the tenancy to which the rent relates; and (d) the address of the premises to which the rent relates. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), the period of the tenancy is to be presumed to be the next period for which rent is payable unless the person paying the rent or on whose behalf the rent is paid specifies otherwise. (4) A person must not: (a) make a false entry of a record of rent received under a tenancy agreement; or (b) falsify the record in any other way. (5) The landlord must, at the request of a tenant, permit the tenant to examine the record of rent received under the tenancy agreement.