Consumer Protection Act Rental Agreements

Please note that it is important for landlords to understand that when using rental agents and delegating obligations to these agents, it is essential for landlords to ensure that these rental agents consider the provisions of the CPA and all relevant laws affecting residential rental agreements as a failure of the lessor to act in accordance with the legal requirements of SA. STILL opens the owner for liability. In such cases, the owner and the owner would be jointly and severally liable. It is doubtful that landlords cannot discharge the responsibility that rests on them, in accordance with what we have discussed above, by delegating their obligations to rental agents. Section 14 – Especially for owners, a consumer has the right to terminate a contract by contacting the supplier 20 working days in advance. Where appropriate, we believe that this regulation only underlines the owner`s obligation to act reasonably when setting an early cancellation fee. While the lessor is not allowed to charge all the rents to which the lessor would have been entitled until the expiry of the rental agreement, it is doubtful that the tenant can charge the cleaning fees, advertising costs and non-use fees of the property for a certain period of time due to difficulties in finding a suitable tenant (again, the “fixed period” cannot cover the entire remaining rental period, because the tenant`s liability for all these costs would be punitive, inappropriate and contrary to the tenant`s rights of withdrawal under the CPA and would also dilute the landlord`s obligation to reduce the damages). . . .

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