New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

RESIDENTIAL PARKS ACT 1998 - SECT 70

70 Responsibility for preservation or landscaping of individual residential sites

(1) Any standard of residential site preservation or residential site landscaping for residential premises in a residential park must be set out in the residential tenancy agreement in respect of those residential premises or, to the extent provided for in subsection (3), in the park rules for the residential park.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) or section 25 (1) (d), a residential tenancy agreement may impose obligations on either party regarding the condition of the residential site at the end of the agreement.

(3) A park owner must not charge a fee for residential site preservation as a condition of residence, but reasonable residential site landscaping and maintenance requirements applicable to residents may be included in the park rules for the residential park.

(4) Any other requirement that the park owner purports to impose in relation to residential site preservation, residential site landscaping or maintenance is void.

(5) The owner or manager of a residential park must not demand or require a resident or prospective resident to purchase, rent or lease goods or services for residential site preservation or landscaping from any particular person, company or corporation.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(6) Any term of a residential tenancy agreement, or any park rule, that relates to the preservation or landscaping by the resident of any part of the residential park that is not part of the residential premises applicable to the resident is void.