37Landlord to give receipt for rent

37 Landlord to give receipt for rent (1) A landlord must, immediately after receipt of a cash payment for rent, give to a tenant a receipt in accordance with subsection (5). (2) If rent is paid in cash to a landlord by a person on behalf of a tenant, the landlord must give to the tenant a receipt before the end of the next business day after the day on which the cash was received.

Residential Tenancies Act 1999 26 (3) If rent is paid by cheque by or on behalf of a tenant, the landlord must, at the request of the tenant, give to the tenant a receipt in accordance with subsection (5) within 3 business days after the date of the request. (4) A landlord is not required to give a receipt if rent is directly credited or otherwise paid into an account kept by the landlord at: (a) an ADI; or (b) a statutory corporation of the Territory or of the Commonwealth. (5) A receipt for the purposes of this section is to be signed by the person receiving the rent to which it relates and is to specify: (a) the date on which the rent was received; and (b) the name of the person paying the rent; and (c) the amount paid; and (d) the period of the tenancy to which the payment relates; and (e) the address of the premises to which the payment relates.