Victorian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 3B

    (1)     For the purposes of this Act—

        (a)     a reference to a residential rental provider includes a landlord; and

        (b)     a reference to a renter includes a tenant; and

        (c)     a reference to a residential rental agreement includes a tenancy agreement or tenancy.

    (2)     Unless this Act expressly provides or the context otherwise requires, despite the changes in terminology made by the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2018 —

        (a)     in relation to rented premises within the meaning of this Act, the law in respect of landlords continues to apply to residential rental providers; and

        (b)     in relation to rented premises within the meaning of this Act, the law in respect of tenants continues to apply to renters; and

        (c)     the law in respect of tenancy agreements and tenancies continues to apply to residential rental agreements.

    (3)     Nothing in this section applies to a tenancy to which the Retail Leases Act 2003 or any other prescribed enactment or law applies.

S. 3C inserted by No. 40/2022 s. 7.