Section 70 — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

(1) A landlord must provide and maintain the locks or other security devices necessary to ensure that the residential premises are reasonably secure.
(2) A landlord or landlord’s agent must give to each tenant named in the residential tenancy agreement a copy of the key or any other opening device or information required to open a lock or security device for the residential premises or common property to which the tenant is entitled to have access.
(3) The initial copies are to be provided free of charge but the landlord may recover from a tenant the cost of providing replacement or additional copies.
(4) This section is a term of every residential tenancy agreement.

Related sections

• s 67 — Removal of fixtures installed by tenant
• s 68 — Tenants’ remedies for alterations
• s 69 — Landlords’ remedies for alterations
• s 71 — Changes of locks and other security devices
• s 72 — Copies of changed locks and other security devices to be given to other party
• s 73 — Remedies for security of residential premises

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