Locks (1) A residential rental provider must ensure that all external doors able to be secured with a functioning deadlock at rented premises, other than any screen door attached to an external door, are secured with a functioning deadlock.
(1A) It is reasonable for a residential rental provider not to ensure an external door at rented premises is secured with a functioning deadlock if—
(a) another Act or law provides for a different type of lock or device for the premises; or
(b) the external door cannot be accessed because of another security barrier at the rented premises.
(1B) A residential rental provider must provide locks to secure all windows of the rented premises that are capable of having a lock.
(2) A party to a residential rental agreement who changes any external door or window lock must as soon as practicable give a key to the lock to the other party.
(3) A renter who wishes to change a lock in a master key system must obtain the residential rental provider's consent before changing that lock.
(4) A residential rental provider must not unreasonably withhold consent to the changing of the lock.
(5) In this section and sections 70A, 70B and 71— key of a lock means a device or information normally used to operate the lock; lock means a device for securing a door or window or other part of premises; master key system means a set of locks in which—
(a) each lock or sub-set of locks has a unique key; and
(b) one single key or master key can operate all the locks in the set. Note This section is a duty provision and a contravention of this section may be dealt with as a breach of a duty under Part 5 and other provisions of this Act.
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