Duty to give receipt for rent
33 Duty to give receipt for rent
A person who receives any rent under a residential tenancy agreement shall, within 3 days after receiving the rent (not including an “excluded day” as defined in section 61(2) of the Interpretation Act 1984), prepare and give to the person paying the rent a receipt specifying the date on which the rent was received, the name of the person paying the rent, the amount paid, the period of the tenancy in respect of which it is paid, and the premises in respect of which it is paid.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.
Subsection (1) does not apply to rent paid under a residential tenancy agreement between the lessor and tenant into an account at an ADI (authorised deposit‑taking institution) as defined in section 5 of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth) nominated by the lessor.
Nothing in subsection (1) shall be read as limiting section 69 of the Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978.
[Section 33 amended: No. 59 of 1995 s. 55; No. 26 of 1999 s. 100(2); No. 60 of 2011 s. 31, 88 and 89; No. 3 of 2019 s. 25.]
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