Victorian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 209AAB

    (1)     A renter may apply to the Tribunal for a compensation order or a compliance order under section 212 if—

        (a)     the renter has arranged for urgent repairs to be conducted at rented premises in accordance with section 72(1); and

        (b)     the renter has given written notice to the residential rental provider of—

              (i)     the urgent repairs; and

              (ii)     the cost of the urgent repairs; and

        (c)     the residential rental provider has not reimbursed the renter for the cost of the urgent repairs within 7 days after receiving written notice referred to in paragraph (b).

    (2)     A resident of a rooming house may apply to the Tribunal for a compensation order or a compliance order under section 212 if—

        (a)     the resident has arranged for urgent repairs to be conducted at a room or a rooming house in accordance with section 129(1); and

        (b)     the resident has given written notice to the rooming house operator of—

              (i)     the urgent repairs; and

              (ii)     the cost of the urgent repairs; and

        (c)     the rooming house operator has not reimbursed the resident for the cost of the urgent repairs within 7 days after receiving written notice referred to in paragraph (b).

    (3)     A resident of a caravan park may apply to the Tribunal for a compensation order or a compliance order under section 212 if—

        (a)     the resident has arranged for urgent repairs to be conducted to a caravan in accordance with section 188(1) or at a site in accordance with section 188A; and

        (b)     the resident has given written notice to the caravan owner, or the caravan park owner, as the case requires, of—

              (i)     the urgent repairs; and

              (ii)     the cost of the urgent repairs; and

        (c)     the caravan owner or the caravan park owner, as the case requires, has not reimbursed the resident for the cost of the urgent repairs within 7 days after receiving written notice referred to in paragraph (b).

    (4)     A site tenant may apply to the Tribunal for a compensation order or a compliance order under section 212 if—

        (a)     the site tenant has arranged for urgent repairs to be conducted at a Part 4A site in accordance with section 206ZZAA(1); and

        (b)     the site tenant has given written notice to the site owner of—

              (i)     the urgent repairs; and

              (ii)     the cost of the urgent repairs; and

        (c)     the site owner has not reimbursed the site tenant for the cost of the urgent repairs within 7 days after receiving written notice referred to in paragraph (b).

S. 209A inserted by No. 45/2002 s. 77.