Contracting out prohibited
39 Contracting out prohibited
Except as provided by subsection (2), this Act has effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any contract, agreement, scheme or arrangement, and no residence contract or other contract, agreement, scheme or arrangement (whether oral or wholly or partly in writing, and whether made or entered into before or after the commencement of this section) operates to annul, vary or exclude any of the provisions of this Act.
Nothing in subsection (1) derogates from the rights of a resident arising out of a residence contract entered into before the commencement of that subsection.
A person shall not enter into any contract, agreement, scheme or arrangement with the intention, either directly or indirectly, of defeating, evading or preventing the operation of this Act.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units in the case of an individual.
440 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.
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