Victorian Current Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 206AP

Order of abandonment

    (1)     If a caravan park owner or caravan owner believes that a resident has abandoned a site or caravan, the caravan park owner or caravan owner may apply to the Tribunal for an order declaring that the resident has abandoned the site or caravan.

    (2)     An application under subsection (1) must be heard by the Tribunal within 5 business days after the application is made.

    (3)     On an application under subsection (1), the Tribunal may by order declare that the site or caravan was abandoned by the resident on a day specified by the Tribunal.

    (4)     The resident is deemed to have abandoned the caravan or site on that specified day.

    (5)     The caravan park owner may also apply to the Tribunal for an order—

        (a)     requiring the caravan mortgagee to pay rent until the caravan is removed from the site; and

        (b)     fixing the amount of that rent.

    (6)     The rent is payable by the caravan mortgagee from the seventh day after the caravan park owner gives notice in writing to the caravan mortgagee of the orders under subsections (3) and (5).

Subdivision 4—Notice by caravan park owner, caravan owner or caravan mortgagee

S. 206AQ inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 238 (as amended by No. 1/2021 s. 96).



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback