Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 90

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a person (the applicant ) applies to a lessor, or a lessor's agent, to enter into a residential tenancy agreement; and

        (b)     the lessor, or the lessor's agent, uses a residential tenancy database to check whether personal information about the applicant is in the database; and

        (c)     personal information about the applicant is in the database.

    (2)     The lessor, or the lessor's agent, must, as soon as possible but within 7 days after using the residential tenancy database, give the applicant written notice of the following:

        (a)     the name of the residential tenancy database;

        (b)     that personal information about the applicant is in the database;

        (c)     the name of each person who listed personal information in the database and is identified in the database;

        (d)     how and in what circumstances the applicant can have the personal information removed or amended under this part.