Residential Parks (Long-stay Tenants) Act 2006

In this section —

A park operator must not require or receive payment of more than one security bond in respect of a long‑stay agreement.

However, subsection (1) does not prevent a park operator from receiving a security bond in instalments.

A park operator must not require or receive payment of a security bond if the amount of the bond is more than the sum of —

4 weeks’ rent; and

if the long‑stay tenant is permitted to keep a pet capable of carrying parasites that can affect humans at the agreed premises — a prescribed amount to meet the cost of fumigating the premises at the end of the tenancy, if necessary.

When a long‑stay tenant pays a security bond, the park operator must give the long‑stay tenant a receipt that specifies —

the amount paid; and

the date on which it is paid; and

if a pet bond is paid — the amount of the pet bond; and

the name of the tenant; and

particulars of the agreed premises for which it is paid.

Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the park operator from requiring further payment from a remaining long‑stay tenant towards the security bond in order to cover the disposal of a former long‑stay tenant’s portion of the security bond under section 74C(3).