New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL (LAND LEASE) COMMUNITIES ACT 2013 - SECT 76

76 Limit on amounts payable by home owner

(1) The only fees and charges that may be required or received by the operator of a community from a home owner in connection with the occupation of a residential site, or the use of any of the facilities of a community, are as follows--

(a) site fees, including site fees payable in advance as permitted under section 57,

(b) the cost of registering or recording the site agreement under the Real Property Act 1900 if any fixed term period exceeds 3 years,

(c) a refundable deposit for a key or any other opening device to access the community, not exceeding $25 or another amount prescribed by the regulations,

(d) other fees, charges and deposits required or permitted by this Act or the regulations.

(2) The regulations may require or permit payment of fees, charges and deposits that are specified or of a kind specified by the regulations and, in particular, may (but need not) provide that they are not payable by a home owner unless required by the site agreement to be paid by the home owner.

(3) An operator of a community must not require or permit the payment of any fee, charge or deposit from a home owner in contravention of this section.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.