Section 31A — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

(1) A landlord must not enter into a residential tenancy agreement unless the landlord or the landlord’s agent has signed an acknowledgment on the residential tenancy agreement that the landlord has read and understood the contents of an information statement in the approved form that sets out the landlord’s rights and obligations under this Act and any other Act or law in relation to the proposed residential tenancy (a rights and obligations information statement).
(2) A landlord’s agent must not sign an acknowledgment on the residential tenancy agreement unless the landlord’s agent has first obtained from the landlord a statement in writing that the landlord has read and understood the contents of the rights and obligations information statement.

Related sections

• s 29 — Condition reports
• s 30 — Condition report evidence of condition of premises
• s 31 — Remedies for disputes about condition reports
• s 32 — Kinds of payments that tenant may be required to pay for residential tenancy agreement
• s 33 — Payment of rent by tenant
• s 34 — Acceptance of rent by landlord

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