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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 51

51 .         Tenant to be notified of lessor’s name and address

        (1)         Unless subsection (2) applies, at the time of entering into a residential tenancy agreement the lessor must notify the tenant, or cause the tenant to be notified, in writing of —

            (a)         if the lessor is an individual — the full name and address of —

                  (i)         the lessor; and

                  (ii)         any person having superior title to that of the lessor;

                or

            (b)         if the lessor is a body corporate — the full name and business address of the secretary of the body corporate.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        (2)         If residential premises that are the subject of a residential tenancy agreement are managed by a property manager, the lessor and the property manager must, at the time of entering into the agreement, notify the tenant, or cause the tenant to be notified, in writing of —

            (a)         the full name of the lessor; and

            (b)         the full name and address of the property manager.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        (3)         Where a person succeeds another person as the lessor under a residential tenancy agreement, the new lessor must, within 14 days after the succession, notify the tenant, or cause the tenant to be notified, in writing of —

            (a)         the full name and address of the new lessor; and

            (b)         where the new lessor is a body corporate, the full name and business address of the secretary of the body corporate.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        (4)         Where any name or address of which the lessor is required to notify the tenant under this section is changed, the lessor must, within 14 days after the change, notify the tenant, or cause the tenant to be notified, in writing of the changed name or address.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        [Section 51 inserted: No. 60 of 2011 s. 48; amended: No. 3 of 2019 s. 25.]



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