South Australian Numbered Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO 41 OF 2023) - SECT 20

20—Amendment of section 61—Bond

        (1)         Section 61(1), penalty provision—delete the penalty provision and substitute:

Maximum penalty: $35 000.

Expiation fee: $2 000.

        (2)         Section 61—after subsection (1) insert:

        (1a)         A bond must—

            (a)         be paid to the Commissioner or the landlord in the manner and form approved by the Commissioner; and

            (b)         be accompanied by the information determined by the Commissioner.

        (1b)         For the purposes of this section, a payment of an amount by way of a bond to a landlord's agent will be taken to be a payment to the landlord.