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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 65 Residential rental provider's duty in relation to provision of premises

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 65

Residential rental provider's duty in relation to provision of premises

S. 65(1) substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 51(2).

    (1)     A residential rental provider must ensure that on the day that it is agreed the renter is to enter into occupation, the rented premises

        (a)     are vacant; and

        (b)     are in a reasonably clean condition.

Penalty:     60 penalty units in the case of a natural person;

300 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

S. 65(2) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 51(3).

    (2)     A renter is not required to enter into occupation of premises which do not comply with subsection (1).

S. 65(3) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 51(3).

    (3)     If premises do not comply with subsection (1), the renter is not required to pay rent for the rented premises in respect of the period beginning on the agreed day on which the renter is to enter into occupation of the premises and ending on the day on which the renter actually enters into occupation.

Note to s. 65 inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 51(4).

Note

This section is a duty provision and a contravention of this section may be dealt with as a breach of a duty under Part 5 and other provisions of this Act.

S. 65A inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 52.