Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 88

88 Receipts and other records

(1) If rent under an agreement is paid in cash, the person receiving the payment must give a receipt as required by this section.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(2) If rent under an agreement is paid by cheque, the person receiving the payment must give a receipt, as required by this section, if the person making the payment asks for a receipt when making the payment.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(3) A receipt must be signed by the person receiving the payment.

(4) A receipt must be given to the person making the payment—

(a) if the payment is made by the person personally and in cash—when the payment is made; or

(b) if the payment is made by the person in cash but not personally—before the end of the next business day after the day the payment is received; or

(c) if the payment is made by cheque—within 3 business days after the day the payment is received.

(5) The lessor or lessor’s agent must, for a payment of rent under an agreement—

(a) make a written record of the payment (the
"rent payment record" ) as required by this section; and

(b) give a copy of the record to the tenant as required by this section, if the tenant asks for it.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(6) Subsection (5) does not apply if the rent payment—

(a) is made in cash; or

(b) is made by cheque and a receipt is given for the payment.

(7) A copy of a rent payment record asked for by a tenant must be given within 7 days after the request is made.

(8) A receipt or rent payment record must state—

(a) the tenant’s name; and

(b) the address of the premises; and

(c) the date the payment is received; and

(d) the period for which the payment is made; and

(e) the amount of the payment; and

(f) that the payment is a payment of rent.