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Residential Tenancies Act 2010
28Tenant entitled to copy of residential tenancy agreement
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28 Tenant entitled to copy of residential tenancy agreement
28 Tenant entitled to copy of residential tenancy agreement
(1) The landlord or landlord’s agent must give the tenant a copy of the residential tenancy agreement before or when the tenant gives the signed copy of the agreement to the landlord or landlord’s agent.
(2) If that copy is not signed by the landlord, the landlord or landlord’s agent must give the tenant a copy of the residential tenancy agreement signed by both the landlord and tenant, as soon as practicable after it is so signed.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.