Keys to houses etc. and information about tenancies etc., payment for is an offence
66 Keys to houses etc. and information about tenancies etc., payment for is an offence
Any person who pays, gives, or receives, or offers, promises, or agrees to pay, give, or receive, a sum of money or other consideration —
for obtaining or making available a key of a house or other building or part of a house or other building; or
for information relating —
to tenancy, occupation, or use, however described; or
to the possibility or likelihood of tenancy, occupation, or use, however described,
of the whole or part of a house or other building,
commits an offence.
Penalty: $5 000.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to —
a person, other than a licensee or a sales representative, whose business is or includes the selling or cutting of keys at a reasonable charge; or
any commission, reward, or remuneration to which a licensee is entitled for effecting or arranging a real estate transaction of leasing or letting, or acquiring under lease or letting, tenancy, occupation, or use of the whole or part of a house or other building.
[Section 66 amended: No. 74 of 1980 s. 6; No. 43 of 1994 s. 11.]
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