New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 26

26 Disclosure of information to tenants generally

(1) False representations A landlord or landlord's agent must not induce a tenant to enter into a residential tenancy agreement by any statement, representation or promise that the landlord or agent knows to be false, misleading or deceptive or by knowingly concealing a material fact of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

(2) Disclosure of sale, mortgagee actions A landlord or landlord's agent must disclose the following to the tenant before the tenant enters into the residential tenancy agreement--

(a) any proposal to sell the residential premises, if the landlord has prepared a contract for sale of the residential premises,

(b) that a mortgagee is taking action for possession of the residential premises, if the mortgagee has commenced proceedings in a court to enforce a mortgage over the premises.

(2A) Disclosure or provision of strata scheme information If the residential tenancy agreement relates to residential premises that comprise or include a lot in a strata scheme (within the meaning of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 )--a landlord or landlord's agent must, before the tenant enters into the residential tenancy agreement--

(a) give the tenant a copy of the by-laws for the strata scheme, and

(b) if a strata renewal committee is currently established in relation to the strata scheme under the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 , disclose that fact to the tenant.

(3) Subsections (2) and (2A)(b) do not apply to a landlord's agent unless the agent is aware of the matters required to be disclosed.

(4) Information statement to be given A landlord or landlord's agent must give a tenant an information statement in the approved form before the tenant enters into the residential tenancy agreement.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.