Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 396AA

396AA False or misleading information in notice requiring resident to leave rental premises

(1) This section applies in relation to the following notices—

(a) a notice to leave if rental premises being sold given under section 371A ;

(b) a notice to leave for planned demolition or redevelopment given under section 371B ;

(c) a notice to leave because of significant repair or renovations given under section 371C ;

(d) a notice to leave for change of use given under section 371D .

(2) A provider or provider’s agent must not give a resident a notice containing information the provider or agent knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the provider or provider’s agent, when giving information in a document—

(a) tells the resident, to the best of the provider or agent’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and

(b) if the provider or agent has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the resident the correct information.