KPKT moves to standardise short-term rental accommodation rules nationwide

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• "To ensure full compliance, the government is also encouraging strategic cooperation with digital platform companies to implement an automatic licence status verification mechanism before any premises is listed," she said during the question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.
• Aiman Athirah said digital platform providers must take responsibility for delisting premises that are unlicensed or in breach of local authority conditions and existing laws, while enforcement agencies hold the legal power to act firmly against recalcitrant operators.
• "Local authorities and enforcement agencies have the right to take legal action under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 and the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974, as well as by-laws, against stubborn operators and to ensure listings of illegal accommodation on service provider portals are blocked," she said.

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