Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 241

241 Lessor’s fee for sale of caravan

(1) This section applies—

(a) only to an agreement for moveable dwelling premises consisting only of the site for a caravan; and

(b) if the residential tenancy is a long tenancy (moveable dwelling).

(2) The lessor may require the tenant to pay, or accept from the tenant, a fee (not more than an amount prescribed under a regulation) for the sale or attempted sale of a caravan on the premises only if—

(a) the lessor supplies a service in the sale or attempted sale; and

(b) when the service is supplied, there is a written agreement in force between the parties for the payment of the fee by the tenant to the lessor for the service.

(3) The lessor or lessor’s agent must not require the tenant to pay, or accept from the tenant, a fee for the sale or attempted sale of a caravan on the premises in contravention of subsection (2) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not prevent the lessor or lessor’s agent charging, in addition to the prescribed fee under subsection (2) , an amount for GST payable for the supply of the service in the sale or attempted sale.