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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.241Lessor’s fee for sale of caravan
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### sec.241 Lessor’s fee for sale of caravan
This section applies—
only to an agreement for moveable dwelling premises consisting only of the site for a caravan; and
if the residential tenancy is a long tenancy (moveable dwelling).
The lessor may require the tenant to pay, or accept from the tenant, a fee (not more than an amount prescribed under a regulation) for the sale or attempted sale of a caravan on the premises only if—
the lessor supplies a service in the sale or attempted sale; and
when the service is supplied, there is a written agreement in force between the parties for the payment of the fee by the tenant to the lessor for the service.
The lessor or lessor’s agent must not require the tenant to pay, or accept from the tenant, a fee for the sale or attempted sale of a caravan on the premises in contravention of subsection (2) .
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Subsections (2) and (3) do not prevent the lessor or lessor’s agent charging, in addition to the prescribed fee under subsection (2) , an amount for GST payable for the supply of the service in the sale or attempted sale.
(sec.241-ssec.1) This section applies— only to an agreement for moveable dwelling premises consisting only of the site for a caravan; and if the residential tenancy is a long tenancy (moveable dwelling).
(sec.241-ssec.2) The lessor may require the tenant to pay, or accept from the tenant, a fee (not more than an amount prescribed under a regulation) for the sale or attempted sale of a caravan on the premises only if— the lessor supplies a service in the sale or attempted sale; and when the service is supplied, there is a written agreement in force between the parties for the payment of the fee by the tenant to the lessor for the service.
(sec.241-ssec.3) The lessor or lessor’s agent must not require the tenant to pay, or accept from the tenant, a fee for the sale or attempted sale of a caravan on the premises in contravention of subsection (2) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.241-ssec.4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not prevent the lessor or lessor’s agent charging, in addition to the prescribed fee under subsection (2) , an amount for GST payable for the supply of the service in the sale or attempted sale.
- (a) only to an agreement for moveable dwelling premises consisting only of the site for a caravan; and
- (b) if the residential tenancy is a long tenancy (moveable dwelling).
- (a) the lessor supplies a service in the sale or attempted sale; and
- (b) when the service is supplied, there is a written agreement in force between the parties for the payment of the fee by the tenant to the lessor for the service.