Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 11AC

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person publishes an advertisement for the lease of residential premises; and

        (b)     the advertisement does not state the rental rate payable for the premises.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (3)     In this section:

"inclusion", in relation to premises, means property or a right or entitlement that relates to the premises.

Examples—optional extras

access to a basement car park, partial or full furnishing of the premises

"rental rate"—

        (a)     means—

              (i)     a single amount; or

              (ii)     2 or more single amounts if each single amount relates to an inclusion offered by a lessor and which a tenant may accept to be included under the lease; but

        (b)     does not include a range of amounts or a minimum or maximum amount.