New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 219

219 Contracting out prohibited

(1) A term of any residential tenancy agreement, contract or other agreement is void to the extent that it purports to exclude, limit or modify the operation of this Act or the regulations or has the effect of excluding, limiting or modifying the operation of this Act or the regulations.

(2) A person must not enter into any contract or other agreement, with the intention, either directly or indirectly, of defeating, evading or preventing the operation of this Act or the regulations.

(3) A landlord's agent must not enter into any contract or other agreement with the intention, either directly or indirectly, of obtaining exclusion from or indemnity for personal liability for any act on behalf of the landlord that renders the landlord's agent liable for an offence under this Act.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.