Residential Tenancies Act 1997

A lessor must, not later than the day after a tenant takes possession of the premises, give the tenant 2 copies of a report about the state of repair or general condition of the premises and of any goods leased with the premises (a condition report) on the day the tenant is given the report.

A condition report must be signed by the lessor.

The tenant must, within 2 weeks after receiving the copies of the condition report, return 1 copy to the lessor, either—

signed by the tenant; or

endorsed with a statement, signed by the tenant, indicating whether the tenant agrees or disagrees with the whole of the report or with specified parts of it.

If the tenant returns the copy signed but without further endorsement, the tenant is taken to have agreed with the whole of the condition report.

However, for a consecutive tenancy agreement, the lessor and tenant need not comply with this section if an original condition report or subsequent condition report exists for the premises.

To remove any doubt, a condition report for premises may, but need not, contain a list of items at the premises, other than goods leased with the premises.