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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 206O

Condition report

S. 206O(1) substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 186(1).

    (1)     Before a site tenant enters into occupation of the Part 4A site, a site owner must give the site tenant 2 copies of a condition report signed by or on behalf of the site owner specifying the state of repair and general condition of the Part 4A site, including any fixtures or connections to the site, on the day specified in the report.

Penalty:     25 penalty units.

S. 206O(1A) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 186(1).

    (1A)     For the purposes of subsection (1), a site owner is deemed to give 2 copies of a condition report to the site tenant if the site owner gives the site tenant an electronic copy of the condition report.

S. 206O(1B) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 186(1).

    (1B)     A condition report must be in the prescribed form.

S. 206O(2) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 186(2).

    (2)     Within 5 business days after entering into occupation of the Part 4A site, the site tenant must return one copy of the condition report to the site owner

        (a)     signed by or on behalf of the site tenant; or

        (b)     with an endorsement so signed to the effect that the site tenant agrees or disagrees with the whole or any specified part of the report.

S. 206O(3) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 186(3).

    (3)     A site tenant who is not given a condition report within the period referred to in subsection (1) may complete a condition report and give it to the site owner or that person's agent during the period between inspecting the Part 4A site and 5 business days after entering into occupation of the site.

S. 206O(4) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 186(3).

    (4)     A copy of the condition report that is completed under subsection (1) or (3) is to be retained by the site owner and the site tenant.

S. 206O(5) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 186(3).

    (5)     Within 10 days after the end of a site agreement, the site owner or that person's agent must complete the copy of the condition report retained by the site owner or the site tenant under this section—

        (a)     in the presence of the other party; or

        (b)     in the absence of the other party, if the party has given the absent other party a reasonable opportunity to be present when the condition report is completed.

Note to s. 206O inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 186(3).

Note

Section 506(1)(da) provides that a document to be served on or given to a person under this Act may be served or given by electronic communication in accordance with the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 .

S. 206OA inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 187.



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