Section 30 — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Landlord to keep records

30 Landlord to keep records (1) Every landlord under a tenancy to which this Act applies shall keep or cause to be kept proper business records showing— (a) All payments of rent paid by or on behalf of the tenant, sufficient to enable the landlord to comply within a reasonable time with any request made by the tenant under section 29(3) of this Act; and (b) Any amount by way of bond paid by or on behalf of the tenant on or after the 1st day of May 1996. (2) Failure to keep records in accordance with this section is hereby declared to be an unlawful act. Compare: Residential Tenancies Act, 1978-1981 (South Australia),

s 38 Subsection (1) was substituted, as from 1 May 1996, by section 14 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7).