258Tenancy notice to be given to owners corporation

#### 258 Tenancy notice to be given to owners corporation 258 Tenancy notice to be given to owners corporation > > (1) If a lot is leased, the relevant person must give notice of the lease to the owners corporation not later than 14 days after the commencement of the lease. > > > > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. > > > (2) If the relevant person fails to comply with subsection (1), the tenant may give notice of the lease to the owners corporation. > > > (3) If a lease of a lot is assigned, the assignor must give notice of the assignment to the owners corporation not later than 14 days after the execution of the assignment. > > > > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. > > > (4) The notice must be in writing and specify— > > > > > (a) the name of the tenant and an address for service of the tenant, and > > > > > (b) the date of commencement or assignment of the lease, as the case requires, and > > > > > (c) the name of the real estate agent managing the lease, if applicable. > > > > Note. > > > > An address for service of notices may be an Australian postal address or other electronic address, including an email address (see section 261). > > > (5) This section does not apply to the lease of a lot by the lessor of a strata leasehold scheme to a lessee who is the owner of a lot. > > > (6) A notice under this section is to be given to the original owner if it is given during the initial period of the owners corporation for a strata scheme. > > > (7) The regulations may prescribe the documents or other evidence a tenant must provide in giving notice of a lease under this section. > > > (8) In this section— > > > > lease includes a sublease. > > > > relevant person means— > > > > > (a) if the lessor leasing the lot to the tenant is represented by a real estate agent in relation to the lease—the real estate agent, or > > > > > (b) otherwise—the lessor. > > **s 258:** Am 2023 No 45, Sch 3\[29\]–\[35\].