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Retail Leases Act 1994
16OReceipts to be given for security bonds
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#### 16O Receipts to be given for security bonds
16O Receipts to be given for security bonds
> > (1) A lessor, or the lessor’s agent, receiving money deposited or paid as a security bond must, at the time of receiving the money, give or cause to be given to the person making the deposit or payment a receipt for the money.
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> > (2) A receipt given under subsection (1) must contain the following particulars—
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> > > (a) the names of the lessor and lessee,
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> > > (b) a sufficient identification of the retail shop concerned,
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> > > (c) the amount of money received,
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> > > (d) the date the money was received,
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> > > (e) such other particulars as are prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.
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> > (3) A lessor, or the lessor’s agent, must keep or cause to be kept, in the manner (if any) and for such term (if any) as are prescribed, a copy of each receipt given under this section.
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> Note.
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> Clause 24 of Schedule 3 provides that, until regulations are made for the purposes of section 16O (3), regulations are taken to include a provision referred to in that clause.
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> **s 16O:** Ins 2005 No 90, Sch 1 \[22\].