Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 457E

457E Requirements about collected information

(1) A lessor, lessor’s agent, provider or provider’s agent (the
"relevant person" ) must ensure that personal information about an applicant is—

(a) stored in a secure way; and

(b) accessed only by the relevant person for the purposes of assessing the suitability of the applicant as a tenant or resident for the premises; and

(c) if the applicant does not become a tenant or resident—destroyed in a secure way within—

(i) 3 months after a residential tenancy agreement or a rooming accommodation agreement for the tenancy or accommodation for which the applicant applied commences; or

(ii) a longer period agreed to by the applicant.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The relevant person must ensure that personal information about a tenant or resident is—

(a) stored in a secure way; and

(b) accessed only for the purposes of managing the premises or rental premises; and

(c) destroyed in a secure way within 7 years after the end of the residential tenancy agreement or rooming accommodation agreement to which the information relates.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.