Section 171 — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

Payment to Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services

Any amount of rental bond payable to a tenant under this Division is payable instead to the Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice, to the extent that the amount of the bond was paid on behalf of the tenant by that Secretary or the New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation.

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Related sections

s 168 — Disputed rental bond claims
s 169 — Appeals may be made despite payment
s 170 — Payment to other persons
s 172 — Secretary not required to pay excess amount
s 173 — Payment of interest by Secretary on rental bond amounts
s 174 — Repayment of bond to former co-tenant

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