Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Subject to this section, the rent under an SDA residency agreement is payable in the manner (if any) specified in the agreement.
S. 498ZD(2) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 174(2).
(2) An SDA provider or that person's agent must not require an SDA resident to pay rent by a cheque or other negotiable instrument that is post-dated.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
S. 498ZD(3) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 174(2).
(3) An SDA provider or that person's agent must ensure that a rent payment method that incurs no additional costs (other than bank fees or account fees payable on the SDA resident's bank account) is reasonably available to the SDA resident.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
S. 498ZD(4) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 174(2).
(4) Without limiting how rent is paid, an SDA provider or that person's agent must permit the SDA resident to pay the rent by the following payment methods—
(a) the bill paying service known as Centrepay administered by the Department of Human Services of the Commonwealth;
(b) any prescribed payment method.
S. 498ZD(5) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 174(2).
(5) Without limiting subsection (4), by agreement, the SDA provider and the SDA resident may change the manner in which rent is payable under the SDA residency agreement.
S. 498ZD(6) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 174(2).
(6) The SDA provider or that person's agent must give the SDA resident information about any costs (including third party transaction fees, direct debit dishonour fees and any other electronic payment facility fees) that the SDA resident may incur by using a particular payment method before the SDA resident consents to use the payment method.
S. 498ZE inserted by No. 38/2018 s. 293.