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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 31

31 .         Increase in security bond

        (1)         Where the amount of the rent payable under a residential tenancy agreement has been increased under section 30 or 31A, the amount of the security bond payable under the agreement may be increased by the lessor by notice in writing to the tenant specifying the amount of the increase and the day on which it is payable, being a day —

            (a)         not less than 60 days after the day on which the notice is given; and

            (b)         not less than 6 months after the day on which the tenancy commenced, or, if the amount of the security bond has been increased under this section, the day on which it was last so increased,

                but otherwise the amount of the security bond shall not increase or be increased.

        (2)         The amount of a security bond may not be increased under this section to an amount that would exceed the aggregate of —

            (a)         4 weeks’ rent under the residential tenancy agreement at the time at which the amount of the increase would be payable; and

            (b)         any amount provided for by section 29(1)(b)(ii).

        (3)         A notice of increase of the amount of a security bond that has been given in accordance with this section and that has not been withdrawn by the lessor varies the residential tenancy agreement to the effect that the amount of the increase specified in the notice is payable under the agreement on the day specified in the notice.

        (4)         Section 29(4) applies to an amount paid under this section.

        [Section 31 amended: No. 60 of 2011 s. 29 and 89; No. 23 of 2014 s. 89.]



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