Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 176

176 Supply of goods and services

(1) A person (the
"proposer" ) must not require another person (the
"prospective resident" ) to agree to buy goods or services from the proposer or someone else as a condition of the prospective resident being accepted as the resident under an agreement.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The provider or provider’s agent must not require the resident to buy goods or services from the provider, the provider’s agent or a person nominated by the provider or agent (the
"nominated supplier" ).

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) This section does not apply to—

(a) a requirement about a food service, personal care service or utility service; or

(b) a condition of an approval to keep a pet in a resident’s room if the condition—

(i) requires the carpets in the room to be cleaned, or the room to be fumigated, at the end of a rooming accommodation agreement; and

(ii) complies with section 256F ; and

(iii) does not require the resident to buy cleaning or fumigation services from a particular person or business.

(4) In this section—

"utility service" , provided to premises, means—

(a) electricity, gas or water supplied to the premises; or

(b) water fit for human consumption supplied to the premises by delivery by means of a vehicle; or

(c) another service supplied to the premises, or facility used at the premises, prescribed under a regulation.