RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 84 Residential rental provider cannot ask for fee for giving consent

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 84

S. 84(1) amended by Nos 67/2010 s. 106, 45/2018 s. 73(2)(a)(3).

    (1)     A residential rental provider must not—

        (a)     demand or receive a fee or payment for giving consent to the assignment or sub‑letting of rented premises; or

S. 84(1)(b) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 73(2)(b).

        (b)     refuse to consent to an assignment or sub‑letting of rented premises on the ground that the renter has refused to pay a fee or amount for the consent.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

S. 84(2) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 73(4).

    (2)     If the renter has paid the residential rental provider a fee or amount for the consent to an assignment or sub-letting, the renter may apply to the Tribunal for an order that the residential rental provider refund to the renter the amount of the payment.

S. 84(3) substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 73(5).

    (3)     This section does not prevent a residential rental provider from requiring a renter to bear any reasonable expenses that are reasonably incurred by the residential rental provider because of the assignment of a residential rental agreement.

Division 8—Rights of entry