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RESIDENTIAL PARKS (LONG-STAY TENANTS) ACT 2006 - SECT 21

21 .         Security bonds

(1AA)         In this section —

        pet does not include an assistance dog as defined in the Dog Act 1976 section 8(1).

        (1)         A park operator must not require or receive payment of more than one security bond in respect of a long-stay agreement.

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

        (1A)         However, subsection (1) does not prevent a park operator from receiving a security bond in instalments.

        (2)         A park operator must not require or receive payment of a security bond if the amount of the bond is more than the sum of —

            (a)         4 weeks’ rent; and

            (b)         if the long-stay tenant is permitted to keep a pet capable of carrying parasites that can affect humans at the agreed premises — a prescribed amount to meet the cost of fumigating the premises at the end of the tenancy, if necessary.

        [(c)         deleted]

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

        (3)         When a long-stay tenant pays a security bond, the park operator must give the long-stay tenant a receipt that specifies —

            (a)         the amount paid; and

            (b)         the date on which it is paid; and

            (c)         if a pet bond is paid — the amount of the pet bond; and

            (d)         the name of the tenant; and

            (e)         particulars of the agreed premises for which it is paid.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000.

        (4)         Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the park operator from requiring further payment from a remaining long-stay tenant towards the security bond in order to cover the disposal of a former long-stay tenant’s portion of the security bond under section 74C(3).

        [Section 21 amended: No. 3 of 2019 s. 27 and 39; No. 28 of 2020 s. 21.]



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