In an article in today’s online News, there is quote that Airbnb endorses the Mayor of London’s proposal for registration of Airbnb premises.
In a statement to The Mirror, an Airbnb spokesman said the property had been removed from their platform.
“Airbnb is the only platform that works with London to limit how often hosts can share their space, and we support proposals from the mayor of London for a registration system to help local authorities regulate short-term lets and ensure rules are applied equally to hosts on all platforms in the capital.”
This is the link to the article
Is it too much to expect a short-term letting registration system in NSW, especially when the Act makes provision for it if the NSW Government is so inclined? See section 54B(2)(c) Fair Trading Amendment (Short-term Rental Accommodation) Act 2018
5454 B Declaration of code of conduct applying to short-term rental accommodation industry participants
(1) The regulations may declare that a code of conduct specified or referred to in the regulations is a code of conduct applying to short-term rental accommodation industry participants.
(2) Without limiting the matters for or in respect of which a code of conduct may make provision, a code of conduct may:
(a) set out the rights and obligations of short-term rental accommodation industry participants, and
(b) provide for the administration of the code by a specified person or body, and
(c) provide for the registration of residential premises used for the purposes of short-term rental accommodation arrangements and for the registration system to include details about when residential premises are used for those purposes, …