Western Australian Numbered Acts

RESIDENTIAL PARKS (LONG-STAY TENANTS) ACT 2006 (NO. 32 OF 2006) - SECT 13

13 .         Restriction on letting fees payable to real estate agent

        (1)         A real estate agent who provides services on behalf of a park operator or a long-stay tenant in connection with letting or sub-letting agreed premises or entering into a long-stay agreement or a sub-tenancy agreement must not require or receive from a park operator or long-stay tenant any fee, charge or reward for those services except —

            (a)         if no other amount is prescribed — a letting fee not exceeding 2 weeks’ rent; or

            (b)         if another amount is prescribed — the prescribed amount.

        Penalty: a fine of $5 000.

        (2)         A fee, charge or reward accepted in contravention of this section is recoverable by the person who paid it as a debt due in a court of competent jurisdiction.