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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 206ZZG

Site owner cannot ask for fee for giving consent

S. 206ZZG(1) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 221(1).

    (1)     A site owner must not demand or receive a fee or payment for giving consent to the assignment of a site agreement or the sub-letting of the whole or any part of a Part 4A site.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

S. 206ZZG(2) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 221(1).

    (2)     A site owner must not refuse to consent to an assignment of a site agreement or the sub-letting of the whole or any part of a Part 4A site on the ground that the site tenant has refused to pay a fee or amount for the consent.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (3)     If the site tenant has paid the site owner a fee or amount for the consent to an assignment or sub‑letting, the site tenant may apply to the Tribunal for an order that the site owner refund to the site tenant the amount of the payment.

S. 206ZZG(4) substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 221(2).

    (4)     This section does not prevent a site owner from requiring a site tenant to bear any reasonable expenses that are reasonably incurred by the site owner because of the assignment of a site agreement.

S. 206ZZH inserted by No. 67/2010 s. 10.



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