Residential Tenancy Act 1997
36JCleanliness and good repair
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36J Cleanliness and good repair
[Section 36J Inserted by No. 45 of 2013, s. 19, Applied:01 Aug 2015]
(1) An owner must not enter into a residential tenancy agreement in relation to premises unless the premises are clean.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(2) An owner must not enter into, extend, or renew, a residential tenancy agreement in relation to premises unless the premises are in good repair.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(3) An owner of premises to which a residential tenancy agreement relates must, as soon as practicable after he or she becomes aware that the premises have ceased to be in good repair, take all reasonable steps to return the premises to good repair, except if the premises have ceased to be in good repair through the fault of a tenant.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.