Acting as resident letting agent
100 Acting as resident letting agent
A person must not act as a resident letting agent unless—
the person holds a resident letting agent licence and the act is done under the authority of the person’s licence; or
the act is otherwise permitted under this or another Act.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
A lawyer does not act as a resident letting agent only because the lawyer collects rents in the lawyer’s practice for lots in a building complex if the lawyer complies with the requirements of the Legal Profession Act 2007 for the rents.
A person does not act as a resident letting agent only because the person collects rents for the provider of rooming accommodation, as an employee of the provider, if the rents are collected in the course of providing rooming accommodation.
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