New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL (LAND LEASE) COMMUNITIES ACT 2013 - SECT 84

84 Receipt for utility charges

(1) If utility charges are payable by a home owner to the operator of a community and the charges are paid in person, any person who receives payment of the charges must, without delay, give the person making the payment a receipt for the payment.

(2) If utility charges are not paid in person, the operator must, on receiving the charges and being asked for a receipt, prepare a receipt for the charges and provide it to the home owner.

(3) A receipt for utility charges is not a receipt for the purposes of this section unless it includes the following particulars--

(a) the name and address of the community and the number or other identifying feature of the residential site,

(b) the name of the home owner,

(c) whether the home owner is in debit or credit as at the date of payment and by what amount,

(d) the period for which the charges are paid,

(e) the date on which the charges are received,

(f) the amount of charges paid.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.