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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.67Information statement
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### sec.67 Information statement
The lessor or lessor’s agent must give to the tenant, as required by this section, a statement in the approved form containing information for the benefit of the tenant.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
Without limiting subsection (1) , the information may be about—
the duties and entitlements of the lessor and tenant; and
the procedures for resolving disputes under the residential tenancy agreement (including conciliation processes); and
entities to which issues about the residential tenancy agreement may be referred.
For a residential tenancy agreement that is not an agreement for a short tenancy (moveable dwelling), the statement must be given to the tenant on the earlier of the following—
when the written agreement is given to the tenant for signing;
the day the tenant becomes entitled to occupy the premises under the agreement.
For a residential tenancy agreement that is an agreement for a short tenancy (moveable dwelling), the statement must be given to the tenant when the tenancy commences.
If a lessor or agent complies with subsection (1) for a tenant under a residential tenancy agreement, subsections (1) to (4) do not apply in relation to a later residential tenancy agreement that continues the tenant’s right to occupy the same premises.
s 67 amd 2021 No. 19 s 107 s ch 1 pt 2
(sec.67-ssec.1) The lessor or lessor’s agent must give to the tenant, as required by this section, a statement in the approved form containing information for the benefit of the tenant. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(sec.67-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the information may be about— the duties and entitlements of the lessor and tenant; and the procedures for resolving disputes under the residential tenancy agreement (including conciliation processes); and entities to which issues about the residential tenancy agreement may be referred.
(sec.67-ssec.3) For a residential tenancy agreement that is not an agreement for a short tenancy (moveable dwelling), the statement must be given to the tenant on the earlier of the following— when the written agreement is given to the tenant for signing; the day the tenant becomes entitled to occupy the premises under the agreement.
(sec.67-ssec.4) For a residential tenancy agreement that is an agreement for a short tenancy (moveable dwelling), the statement must be given to the tenant when the tenancy commences.
(sec.67-ssec.5) If a lessor or agent complies with subsection (1) for a tenant under a residential tenancy agreement, subsections (1) to (4) do not apply in relation to a later residential tenancy agreement that continues the tenant’s right to occupy the same premises.
- (a) the duties and entitlements of the lessor and tenant; and
- (b) the procedures for resolving disputes under the residential tenancy agreement (including conciliation processes); and
- (c) entities to which issues about the residential tenancy agreement may be referred.
- (a) when the written agreement is given to the tenant for signing;
- (b) the day the tenant becomes entitled to occupy the premises under the agreement.