Section 22 — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

Offence relating to terms of residential tenancy agreements

A landlord, or landlord’s agent, must ensure that a written residential tenancy agreement—
(a) is in the standard form (if any) prescribed by the regulations for the agreement and contains any other terms required to be included by this Act or the regulations, and
(b) does not contain any terms prohibited by this Act or the regulations.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Sourced from the New South Wales Legislation website at 8 June 2026. For the latest information on New South Wales Government legislation please go to https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 19 — Prohibited terms
s 20 — Mandatory terms may be varied for long term leases
s 21 — Inconsistent and prohibited terms void
s 22A — Prohibition on certain matters relating to advertising or soliciting amounts of rent
s 23 — Limit on amounts payable by tenant before agreement
s 24 — Holding fees

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