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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.89Keeping of records
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### sec.89 Keeping of records
The lessor or lessor’s agent must keep, for at least the required period, for each payment of rent under the agreement—
if a receipt was required to be given for the payment—a copy of the receipt, or another appropriate written record of the payment; or
if a receipt was not required to be given for the payment—the rent payment record for the payment.
Maximum penalty—15 penalty units.
For subsection (1) , the required period is—
the period fixed under a regulation and ending more than 1 year after the agreement ends; or
if a period is not fixed under a regulation—the period ending 1 year after the agreement ends.
(sec.89-ssec.1) The lessor or lessor’s agent must keep, for at least the required period, for each payment of rent under the agreement— if a receipt was required to be given for the payment—a copy of the receipt, or another appropriate written record of the payment; or if a receipt was not required to be given for the payment—the rent payment record for the payment. Maximum penalty—15 penalty units.
(sec.89-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the required period is— the period fixed under a regulation and ending more than 1 year after the agreement ends; or if a period is not fixed under a regulation—the period ending 1 year after the agreement ends.
- (a) if a receipt was required to be given for the payment—a copy of the receipt, or another appropriate written record of the payment; or
- (b) if a receipt was not required to be given for the payment—the rent payment record for the payment.
- (a) the period fixed under a regulation and ending more than 1 year after the agreement ends; or
- (b) if a period is not fixed under a regulation—the period ending 1 year after the agreement ends.