New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 35

35 Manner of payment of rent

(1) A landlord, landlord's agent or other person must not require a tenant to pay rent by a cheque or other negotiable instrument that is post-dated.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.

(2) A landlord or landlord's agent must permit a tenant to pay the rent by at least one means for which the tenant does not incur a cost (other than bank fees or other account fees usually payable for the tenant's transactions) and that is reasonably available to the tenant.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.

(3) A landlord and the tenant may, by agreement, change the manner in which rent is payable under the residential tenancy agreement.

(4) This section is a term of every residential tenancy agreement.