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CurrentDiscrimination against tenants with children
Part IVResidential tenancy agreements
Division 3General
56 Discrimination against tenants with children
(1)
A person shall not refuse, or cause any person to refuse, to grant a tenancy to any person on the ground that it is intended that a child should live in the premises.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.
(2)
A person shall not —
(a)
instruct any person not to grant; or
(b)
state the person’s intention, whether by advertisement or otherwise, not to grant,
a tenancy to any person on the ground that it is intended that a child should live in the premises.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.
[Section 56 amended: No. 59 of 1995 s. 55; No. 60 of 2011 s. 53; No. 3 of 2019 s. 25.]
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