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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 102
Receipts and other records
102 Receipts and other records
(1) If rent under an agreement is paid in cash, the person receiving the
payment must give a receipt as required by this section. Penalty—
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(2) If rent under an agreement is paid
by cheque, the person receiving the payment must give a receipt, as required
by this section, if the person making the payment asks for a receipt when
making the payment. Penalty— Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(3)
A receipt must be signed by the person receiving the payment.
(4) A receipt
must be given to the person making the payment— (a) if the payment is made
by the person personally and in cash—when the payment is made; or
(b) if
the payment is made by the person in cash but not personally—before the end
of the next business day after the day the payment is received; or
(c) if the
payment is made by cheque—within 3 business days after the day the payment
is received.
(5) The provider or provider’s agent must, for a payment of
rent under an agreement— (a) make a written record of the payment (the
"rent payment record" ) as required by this section; and
(b) give a copy of
the record to the resident as required by this section, if the resident asks
for it.
Penalty— Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(6) Subsection
(5) does not apply if the rent payment— (a) is made in cash; or
(b) is made
by cheque and a receipt is given for the payment.
(7) A copy of a
rent payment record asked for by a resident must be given within 7 days after
the request is made.
(8) The receipt or rent payment record must state the
following— (a) the resident’s name;
(b) the address of the rental
premises;
(c) the number of the resident’s room or, if the room does not
have a number, another identifier for the room;
(d) the date the payment is
received;
(e) the period for which the payment is made;
(f) the amount of
the payment;
(g) that the payment is a payment of rent;
(h) the individual
amounts for each of the following— (i) accommodation;
(ii) any food
service;
(iii) any personal care service.
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