36LCooking facilities

36L Cooking facilities

[Section 36L Inserted by No. 45 of 2013, s. 19, Applied:01 Aug 2015] An owner must not enter into, extend, or renew, a residential tenancy agreement in relation to premises unless there is situated in the premises an area, intended to be used for cooking, that includes –

(a) a functioning kitchen sink that is connected to a water system enabling a continuous supply of hot and cold water to be provided to the sink; and

(b) a stovetop with –

(i) at least 2 functioning heating elements, if the premises has 2 or fewer bedrooms; or

(ii) at least 3 functioning heating elements, if the premises has 3 or more bedrooms; and

(c) a functioning oven, which may be a conventional oven, convection oven or microwave oven or a combination of any such ovens; and

(d) any other object, for the purposes of use in a kitchen, that is prescribed.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.