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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.396AAFalse or misleading information in notice requiring resident to leave rental premises
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### sec.396AA False or misleading information in notice requiring resident to leave rental premises
This section applies in relation to the following notices—
a notice to leave if rental premises being sold given under section 371A ;
a notice to leave for planned demolition or redevelopment given under section 371B ;
a notice to leave because of significant repair or renovations given under section 371C ;
a notice to leave for change of use given under section 371D .
A provider or provider’s agent must not give a resident a notice containing information the provider or agent knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the provider or provider’s agent, when giving information in a document—
tells the resident, to the best of the provider or agent’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
if the provider or agent has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the resident the correct information.
s 396AA ins 2021 No. 19 s 83A (amd 2022 No. 19 s 54 sch 1 )
(sec.396AA-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to the following notices— a notice to leave if rental premises being sold given under section 371A ; a notice to leave for planned demolition or redevelopment given under section 371B ; a notice to leave because of significant repair or renovations given under section 371C ; a notice to leave for change of use given under section 371D .
(sec.396AA-ssec.2) A provider or provider’s agent must not give a resident a notice containing information the provider or agent knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.396AA-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the provider or provider’s agent, when giving information in a document— tells the resident, to the best of the provider or agent’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the provider or agent has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the resident the correct information.
- (a) a notice to leave if rental premises being sold given under section 371A ;
- (b) a notice to leave for planned demolition or redevelopment given under section 371B ;
- (c) a notice to leave because of significant repair or renovations given under section 371C ;
- (d) a notice to leave for change of use given under section 371D .
- (a) tells the resident, to the best of the provider or agent’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the provider or agent has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the resident the correct information.