Agents not to demand etc. money etc. for letting etc. from tenants
61A Agents not to demand etc. money etc. for letting etc. from tenants
An agent shall not demand or receive from a tenant a commission, reward or other valuable consideration for a service rendered by the agent in connection with —
the letting or management of residential premises; or
the renewal, extension or continuation of a tenancy where, upon the expiry of the term of the tenancy, a further right of occupancy of the same premises is granted to the same tenant.
Penalty: $5 000.
A commission, reward or other valuable consideration received in contravention of subsection (1) is recoverable by the tenant as a debt due in a court of competent jurisdiction.
In this section —
residential premises, tenancy and tenant have the same meanings as in section 3 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987.
[Section 61A inserted: No. 59 of 1995 s. 11.]
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