Victorian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 498ZK

    (1)     Pending the decision of the Tribunal under section 498ZI, the SDA resident must pay, from the time the proposed increase is to apply, whichever is the lesser of—

        (a)     the increased rent specified in the notice of increase under section 498ZB ; or

        (b)     110% of the rent payable immediately before the notice of increase under section 498ZB was given.

    (2)     If the Tribunal makes an order under section 498ZI(1) other than an order dismissing the application, the Tribunal may also make an order—

        (a)     requiring that any excess rent paid by the SDA resident, from the time that the increase took effect until the date of the order, be refunded; and

        (b)     specifying the procedure for the refund to the SDA resident.

Division 8—Other charges

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