RTA · Residential Tenancies Ministerial Regulation
4 Inspection reports
contain statements in accordance with this section and the
statements must be signed in accordance with this section.
(2) Each inspection report must contain the following statement:
Inspections should be conducted when the premises are
vacant unless the landlord and tenant or their agents
otherwise agree.
(3) When an inspection has been conducted by the landlord and
the tenant or their agents, the inspection report
(a) must contain the following statement, and the landlord or
the landlord's agent must sign the statement:
The inspection of the premises was conducted
on (date) by (landlord or landlord's agent) and
by (tenant or tenant's agent) .
and
(b) must contain both of the following statements, and the
tenant or the tenant's agent must sign one of the
statements:
(i) I, (name of tenant or te nant's agent) , agree that this
report fairly represents the condition of the premises.
or
(ii) I, (name of tenant or tenant's agent) , disagree that
this report fairly represents the condition of the
premises for the following reasons:
(4) Where the tenant or the tenant's agent refuses to sign one of
the statements set out in subsection (3), the inspection report must
contain the following statement, and the landlord or the landlord's
agent must sign the statement:
The tenant or tenant's agent present at the inspection
refused to sign the tenant's statement.
(5) Where an inspection is conducted by the landlord or the
landlord's agent without the tenant or tenant's agent being present,
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the inspection report must contain the following statement, and the
landlord or the landlord's agent must sign the statement:
The inspection of the premises was conducted
on (date) by (landlord or landlord's agent) without the
tenant or the tenant's agent being present.