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Rent books.
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17.—(1) The Minister may make regulations requiring the landlord of a house let for rent or other valuable consideration to provide the tenant of such a house with a rent book or other documentation to the like effect (in this section referred to as “other documentation”).
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(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), make provision in relation to all or any one or more of the following:
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(a) the class or classes of houses or tenancies in respect of which rent books or other documentation shall be provided;
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(b) the particulars to be contained in a rent book or other documentation, including information relating to—
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(i) the house,
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(ii) the landlord,
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(iii) the tenant,
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(iv) the terms of the tenancy and the rights and obligations of the tenant and the landlord,
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(v) the deposit (if any) paid,
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(vi) the rent reserved under the tenancy;
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(c) the manner in which payments of rent are recorded or acknowledged;
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(d) requirements regarding the proper use of a rent book or other documentation;
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(e) such other matters as the Minister considers necessary.
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(3) A person authorised by a housing authority for the purposes ofthis section may, in relation to a house to which regulations under this section apply—
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(a) require the tenant to furnish or cause to be furnished to him at a specified time and place such document (if any) purporting to be the rent book or other documentation provided by the landlord;
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(b) at all reasonable times enter and inspect the house as respects any particulars required by the regulations to be contained in the rent book or other documentation;
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(c) require the landlord to furnish or cause to be furnished to him at a specified time and place the landlord's books, documents or other records (whether legible or in a machine readable form) relating to the house and the tenancy thereof.
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