Section sec.57 - Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 - Offer of residential tenancy must be for rent at a fixed amount

sec.57Offer of residential tenancy must be for rent at a fixed amount

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### sec.57 Offer of residential tenancy must be for rent at a fixed amount A person must not advertise or otherwise offer a residential tenancy for premises unless a fixed amount is stated in the advertisement or offer as the amount of rent for the premises. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. A person must not accept a rental bond from the tenant of premises if the residential tenancy for the premises was advertised or offered without stating a fixed amount of rent for the premises. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. A person must not solicit or otherwise invite an offer, or accept an offer, of an amount for a residential tenancy for premises that is more than the fixed amount stated in an advertisement or offer as the amount of rent for the premises. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. A person does not contravene this section merely by placing a sign on or near premises advertising or offering a residential tenancy for the premises without stating the amount of rent for the premises on the sign. s 57 amd 2021 No. 19 s 107 s ch 1 pt 2 ; 2024 No. 27 s 7 (sec.57-ssec.1) A person must not advertise or otherwise offer a residential tenancy for premises unless a fixed amount is stated in the advertisement or offer as the amount of rent for the premises. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.57-ssec.2) A person must not accept a rental bond from the tenant of premises if the residential tenancy for the premises was advertised or offered without stating a fixed amount of rent for the premises. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.57-ssec.3) A person must not solicit or otherwise invite an offer, or accept an offer, of an amount for a residential tenancy for premises that is more than the fixed amount stated in an advertisement or offer as the amount of rent for the premises. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.57-ssec.4) A person does not contravene this section merely by placing a sign on or near premises advertising or offering a residential tenancy for the premises without stating the amount of rent for the premises on the sign.