Residential Tenancies (Registration of Boarding House Landlords) Amendment Bill
This bill would require anyone who rents out a boarding house to register with a government office before they can take on tenants. A public list of registered boarding house landlords would be created online, showing the landlord's name, contact details, and the addresses of their boarding houses. Landlords would need to renew their registration every year. Some people — such as those with certain criminal convictions or past serious breaches of tenancy law — could be barred from registering. Landlords would also have to keep private records about their properties and tenants, which the government could ask to see.
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Boarding house landlords would have to register with the government each year before they can take on tenants, and their details would be listed on a public website.
A person must not grant a boarding house tenancy unless the person is registered under this Part as a registered boarding house landlord.
The Registrar must ensure that the following parts of the register in respect of each registered boarding house landlord are available to the public for inspection via the Internet at all reasonable times: (a) the name: (b) contact details: (c) address for service: (d) the address and description of all boarding houses...
Registration as a registered boarding house landlord expires 12 months from the date of registration
A person who grants a boarding house tenancy, contrary to section 66Z, while not being a registered boarding house landlord commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 (if an individual) or $30,000 (in any other case)
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