New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 156D

156D Payment of rental bond during social housing tenancy agreements

(1) This section applies to social housing tenancy agreements under which the landlord is the New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation or the Aboriginal Housing Office.

(2) A landlord may, at any time before the end of a social housing tenancy agreement, require the tenant to pay a rental bond in accordance with Part 8.

Note : Part 8 applies to a rental bond required to be paid under this section in the same way as it applies to a rental bond required to be paid under the original terms of a residential tenancy agreement.

(3) A tenant may be required to pay a rental bond under this section only if--

(a) the tenant did not pay a rental bond at the time the tenant entered into the social housing tenancy agreement, and

(b) the tenant belongs to a class of tenant specified in the rental bond guidelines, and

(c) the tenant is given a written notice by the landlord or the landlord's agent specifying the amount of the rental bond payable and the day by which it must be paid, and

(d) the notice is given at least 14 days before the rental bond is payable, and

(e) the amount of the rental bond is determined in accordance with the rental bond guidelines.

(4) This section does not affect the right of a landlord under Part 8 to require a tenant to pay a rental bond at the time the tenant enters into a residential tenancy agreement.

(5) The rental bond guidelines are to be made publicly available.

(6) A copy of the rental bond guidelines is to be provided, on request, to any tenant to which this section applies free of charge and to other persons either free of charge or on payment of reasonable copying charges.

(7) In this section,
"rental bond guidelines" means any guidelines approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section.