48ZAEnsuring quality of listing – owner's or agent's obligation

48ZA Ensuring quality of listing – owner's or agent's obligation

[Section 48ZA Inserted by No. 35 of 2011, s. 8, Applied:01 Jan 2012]

(1)  This section applies if an owner or owner's agent who lists personal information in a residential tenancy database becomes aware that the information is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous or out of date.

(2)  The owner or agent must, within 7 days, give written notice of the following to the database operator who keeps the database:

(a) if the information is inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous –

(i) that the information is inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous; and

(ii) how the information must be amended so that it is no longer inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous;

(b) if the information is out of date, that the information is out of date and must be removed.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  The owner or agent must keep a copy of the written notice for one year after it was given under subsection (2) .