Residential Tenancies Act 1987 Regulation relating to exemption from requirements relating to rent receipts (1990-1) [GG No 5 of 5.1.1990] (NSW)

1990 - NO. 1

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - REGULATION

(Exemption from requirements relating to rent receipts)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 5 of 5 January 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

JOE SCHIPP

Minister for Housing.

The Residential Tenancies Regulation 1989 is amended by inserting

after clause 30 (5) the following subclauses

(5A) A landlord under a residential tenancy agreement is exempted from the operation of sections 40 and 41 (2) of the Act if:

(a)	the rent payable under the agreement is deducted by the landlord from the salary or wages of the tenant; and
(b)	a record of the amount deducted as rent is given to the tenant at the time the deduction is made.

(5B) A record referred to in subclause (5A) (b) may be in the form of a pay advice slip but, if the pay advice slip does not specify the period for which the rent is paid, the landlord, on the request of the tenant, must make information concerning that period available to the tenant.

1990 - NO. 1

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Residential Tenancies Regulation

1989 so as to exempt landlords who deduct rent payments from their tenants’ pay

from the obligation to provide rent receipts.