(1) A real estate
agent who provides services on behalf of a park operator in connection with
letting agreed premises or entering into a long-stay agreement must not
require or receive from a long-stay tenant, or prospective long-stay tenant,
any fee, charge or reward for those services.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.
(2) A real estate
agent who provides services on behalf of a long-stay tenant in connection with
sub-letting the agreed premises must not require or receive from a sub-tenant,
or prospective sub-tenant, any fee, charge or reward for those services.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.
(3) A fee, charge or
reward received in contravention of this section is recoverable by the person
who paid it as a debt due in a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Section 13 inserted: No. 28 of 2020 s. 16.]