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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.171Supply of goods and services
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### sec.171 Supply of goods and services
A person (the proposer ) must not require another person (the prospective tenant ) to agree to buy goods or services from the proposer or someone else as a condition of the prospective tenant being accepted as the tenant under an agreement.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
The lessor or lessor’s agent must not require the tenant to buy goods or services from the lessor, the lessor’s agent or a person nominated by the lessor or agent (the nominated supplier ).
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
This section does not apply to—
a requirement about a service charge; or
a condition of an approval to keep a pet at the premises if the condition—
requires the carpets at the premises to be cleaned, or the premises to be fumigated, at the end of the tenancy; and
complies with section 184F ; and
does not require the tenant to buy cleaning or fumigation services from a particular person or business.
s 171 amd 2021 No. 19 s 42
(sec.171-ssec.1) A person (the proposer ) must not require another person (the prospective tenant ) to agree to buy goods or services from the proposer or someone else as a condition of the prospective tenant being accepted as the tenant under an agreement. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.171-ssec.2) The lessor or lessor’s agent must not require the tenant to buy goods or services from the lessor, the lessor’s agent or a person nominated by the lessor or agent (the nominated supplier ). Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.171-ssec.3) This section does not apply to— a requirement about a service charge; or a condition of an approval to keep a pet at the premises if the condition— requires the carpets at the premises to be cleaned, or the premises to be fumigated, at the end of the tenancy; and complies with section 184F ; and does not require the tenant to buy cleaning or fumigation services from a particular person or business.
- (a) a requirement about a service charge; or
- (b) a condition of an approval to keep a pet at the premises if the condition— (i) requires the carpets at the premises to be cleaned, or the premises to be fumigated, at the end of the tenancy; and (ii) complies with section 184F ; and (iii) does not require the tenant to buy cleaning or fumigation services from a particular person or business.
- (i) requires the carpets at the premises to be cleaned, or the premises to be fumigated, at the end of the tenancy; and
- (ii) complies with section 184F ; and
- (iii) does not require the tenant to buy cleaning or fumigation services from a particular person or business.
- (i) requires the carpets at the premises to be cleaned, or the premises to be fumigated, at the end of the tenancy; and
- (ii) complies with section 184F ; and
- (iii) does not require the tenant to buy cleaning or fumigation services from a particular person or business.