Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 57

57 Offer of residential tenancy must be for rent at a fixed amount

(1) A person must not advertise or otherwise offer a residential tenancy for premises unless a fixed amount is stated in the advertisement or offer as the amount of rent for the premises.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) A person must not accept a rental bond from the tenant of premises if the residential tenancy for the premises was advertised or offered without stating a fixed amount of rent for the premises.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) A person must not solicit or otherwise invite an offer, or accept an offer, of an amount for a residential tenancy for premises that is more than the fixed amount stated in an advertisement or offer as the amount of rent for the premises.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) A person does not contravene this section merely by placing a sign on or near premises advertising or offering a residential tenancy for the premises without stating the amount of rent for the premises on the sign.