South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts105G—Duty to provide statement or give receipt for payments
(1) If a resident
makes a payment under a rooming house agreement or an agreement collateral to
a rooming house agreement, the proprietor must, at the reasonable request of
the resident, give the resident a statement of the relevant information for
each payment made during the period specified in the request (and such
statement must be given to the resident within 7 days of the making of
the request).
Maximum penalty: $25 000.
Expiation fee: $1 200.
(2) If a resident
makes a payment under a rooming house agreement or an agreement collateral to
a rooming house agreement other than into an ADI account, the person who
receives the payment must, within 48 hours after receiving the payment,
give the resident a receipt setting out the relevant information in respect of
the payment.
Maximum penalty: $25 000.
Expiation fee: $1 200.
(3) In this
section—
"relevant information" in respect of a payment means—
(a) the
date on which the payment was received; and
(b) the
name of the person making the payment; and
(c) the
amount paid; and
(d) the
address of the premises to which the payment relates; and
(e) if
the payment is for rent—the period of accommodation to which the payment
relates; and
(f) if
the payment is a bond—a statement of that fact; and
(g) if
the payment is for facilities or services (other than accommodation)—a
description of the facilities or services and the period to which the payment
relates.