Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 171

171 Supply of goods and services

(1) A person (the
"proposer" ) must not require another person (the
"prospective tenant" ) to agree to buy goods or services from the proposer or someone else as a condition of the prospective tenant being accepted as the tenant under an agreement.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The lessor or lessor’s agent must not require the tenant to buy goods or services from the lessor, the lessor’s agent or a person nominated by the lessor or agent (the
"nominated supplier" ).

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) This section does not apply to—

(a) a requirement about a service charge; or

(b) a condition of an approval to keep a pet at the premises if the condition—

(i) requires the carpets at the premises to be cleaned, or the premises to be fumigated, at the end of the tenancy; and

(ii) complies with section 184F ; and

(iii) does not require the tenant to buy cleaning or fumigation services from a particular person or business.