Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A resident who vacates a room without giving notice must pay to the rooming house operator the rent for the lesser of the following periods—
(a) in the case of a resident who has entered into a fixed term rooming house agreement, 14 days after vacating the room; or
(b) in any other case, 2 days after vacating the room; or
(c) until another resident takes up occupancy of the room.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the rooming house or room has become unsafe or unfit for human habitation.
S. 142Y inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 237 (as amended by Nos 32/2020 s. 11, 1/2021 s. 95).