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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.58Lessor must give particular information to prospective tenant
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### sec.58 Lessor must give particular information to prospective tenant
The lessor or lessor’s agent must give a prospective tenant for a residential tenancy the document prepared for section 61 , and any other information prescribed by regulation, before doing any of the following—
accepting a document from the prospective tenant that commits the tenant—
to enter into the tenancy; or
to pay an amount in relation to the tenancy;
accepting an amount in relation to the tenancy;
entering into a residential tenancy agreement for the tenancy.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
For subsection (1) (b) , a person is not taken to accept an amount in relation to a tenancy if the only amount the person accepts is a key deposit.
This section does not apply to an agreement for a short tenancy (moveable dwelling).
s 58 amd 2021 No. 19 s 33
(sec.58-ssec.1) The lessor or lessor’s agent must give a prospective tenant for a residential tenancy the document prepared for section 61 , and any other information prescribed by regulation, before doing any of the following— accepting a document from the prospective tenant that commits the tenant— to enter into the tenancy; or to pay an amount in relation to the tenancy; accepting an amount in relation to the tenancy; entering into a residential tenancy agreement for the tenancy. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.58-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (b) , a person is not taken to accept an amount in relation to a tenancy if the only amount the person accepts is a key deposit.
(sec.58-ssec.3) This section does not apply to an agreement for a short tenancy (moveable dwelling).
- (a) accepting a document from the prospective tenant that commits the tenant— (i) to enter into the tenancy; or (ii) to pay an amount in relation to the tenancy;
- (i) to enter into the tenancy; or
- (ii) to pay an amount in relation to the tenancy;
- (b) accepting an amount in relation to the tenancy;
- (c) entering into a residential tenancy agreement for the tenancy.
- (i) to enter into the tenancy; or
- (ii) to pay an amount in relation to the tenancy;