Western Australian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 56

56 .         Discrimination against tenants with children

        (1)         A person shall not refuse, or cause any person to refuse, to grant a tenancy to any person on the ground that it is intended that a child should live in the premises.

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

        (2)         A person shall not —

            (a)         instruct any person not to grant; or

            (b)         state the person’s intention, whether by advertisement or otherwise, not to grant,

                a tenancy to any person on the ground that it is intended that a child should live in the premises.

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

        [Section 56 amended: No. 59 of 1995 s. 55; No. 60 of 2011 s. 53; No. 3 of 2019 s. 25.]