(1) A principal licensee must keep a trust account under the Administration Act if an amount is likely to be received by the licensee for a transaction, or with written direction for its use, when performing the activities of a property agent or resident letting agent.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(2) In this section—
amount, likely to be received by a licensee for a transaction or with written direction for its use—
(a) includes deposit and purchase monies for a transaction; but
(b) does not include an amount payable to the licensee for a transaction in refund of an expense the licensee was authorised to incur and did incur and for which the licensee holds a receipt.