Operator to give receipt for rent
47 Operator to give receipt for rent
(1) Immediately after an operator receives a cash payment for rent under a caravan park agreement from a resident, the operator must give the resident a receipt under subsection (5).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) If rent is paid in cash to an operator by a person on behalf of a resident, the operator must give the resident a receipt under subsection (5) within 1 business day after the day the cash is paid.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) If rent is paid by cheque by or on behalf of a resident, the operator must, at the request of the resident, give to the resident a receipt under subsection (5) within 3 business days after the day the request is made.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) However, an operator is not required to give a receipt if rent is directly credited or otherwise paid into a prescribed account kept by the operator.
(5) A receipt for this section must be signed by the person receiving the rent to which it relates and must specify all of the following:
the date on which the rent was received;
the name of the person paying the rent or for whom it is paid;
the amount paid;
the period of the occupancy to which the payment relates;
(e) the address of the caravan or caravan site to which the payment relates.
(6) An offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) is an offence of strict liability.
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