Victorian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 498R

    (1)     An SDA resident or their chosen person may apply to the Tribunal for an order requiring the SDA provider to carry out specified non‑urgent repairs if—

        (a)     the SDA resident or their chosen person has received the report of the Director under section 498Q; and

        (b)     the SDA resident or their chosen person is still of the view that satisfactory arrangements have not been made for the carrying out of the repairs.

    (2)     An application under subsection (1) must be made within 60 days of receiving the report of the Director under section 498Q.

    (3)     An SDA resident or their chosen person may apply to the Tribunal for an order requiring the SDA provider to carry out specified repairs without the report of the Director under section 498Q if the SDA resident or their chosen person has not received that report within 90 days after the SDA resident or their chosen person applied for that report.

S. 498R(4) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 167.

    (4)     The Tribunal must hear an application under subsection (1) or (3) within 7 days after the application is made.

S. 498S inserted by No. 38/2018 s. 293.