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RESIDENTIAL PARKS (LONG-STAY TENANTS) ACT 2006 - SECT 20

20 .         Age-restricted residential parks

        (1)         A long-stay agreement may include a term to the effect that children are not permitted to occupy a site in a residential park only if the site the subject of the agreement is within a park, or part of a park, in which —

            (a)         both of the following apply —

                  (i)         it is intended that each site within the park, or part of the park, will be solely or principally occupied by a person of a particular age;

                  (ii)         each long-stay agreement entered into between the park operator and a long-stay tenant of the park, or part of the park, includes a term to the effect that children are not permitted to live on the agreed premises;

                or

            (b)         the residential park is operated under a licence under the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 and the licence permits the park operator to include such a term in the agreement.

        (2)         A park operator must not do any of the following on the grounds that it is intended that a child will live on the agreed premises unless the site the person is to use or occupy is within a park, or part of a park, to which subsection (1) applies —

            (a)         refuse to enter into a long-stay agreement with a person;

            (b)         advertise or otherwise indicate an intention to refuse to enter into a long-stay agreement with a person;

            (c)         instruct anyone else on the park operator’s behalf —

                  (i)         to refuse to enter into a long-stay agreement with a person; or

                  (ii)         to advertise or otherwise indicate an intention to refuse to enter into a long-stay agreement with a person.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        [Section 20 inserted: No. 28 of 2020 s. 20.]



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