Residential Tenancies Act 1987

A lessor, lessor’s agent or database operator must not list personal information about a person in a residential tenancy database unless —

the person was named as a tenant in a residential tenancy agreement that has ended; and

the person has breached the agreement; and

the breach does not consist of, or relate to —

a failure by the person to pay rent during the emergency period as defined in the Residential Tenancies (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020 section 4 due to financial hardship caused by the economic effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic; or

any other matter relating to the effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic prescribed by regulations;

because of the breach, either —

the person owes the lessor an amount that is more than the security bond for the agreement; or

a court has made an order terminating the residential tenancy agreement;

the personal information —

relates only to the breach; and

is accurate, complete and unambiguous.

Without limiting subsection (1)(d)(ii), the personal information must indicate the nature of the breach.