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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 67

Information statement

67 Information statement

(1) The lessor or lessor’s agent must give to the tenant, as required by this section, a statement in the approved form containing information for the benefit of the tenant.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the information may be about—
(a) the duties and entitlements of the lessor and tenant; and
(b) the procedures for resolving disputes under the residential tenancy agreement (including conciliation processes); and
(c) entities to which issues about the residential tenancy agreement may be referred.
(3) For a residential tenancy agreement that is not an agreement for a short tenancy (moveable dwelling), the statement must be given to the tenant on the earlier of the following—
(a) when the written agreement is given to the tenant for signing;
(b) the day the tenant becomes entitled to occupy the premises under the agreement.
(4) For a residential tenancy agreement that is an agreement for a short tenancy (moveable dwelling), the statement must be given to the tenant when the tenancy commences.
(5) If a lessor or agent complies with subsection (1) for a tenant under a residential tenancy agreement, subsections (1) to (4) do not apply in relation to a later residential tenancy agreement that continues the tenant’s right to occupy the same premises.



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