Victorian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 498ZP

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), a person to whom a duty is owed under a duty provision, or that person's agent, may give a breach of duty notice to a person in breach of that duty.

S. 498ZP(2) amended by No. 19/2019 s. 181(1).

    (2)     An SDA provider, or their agent, must not give a breach of duty notice to an SDA resident unless the SDA provider believes on reasonable grounds that the SDA resident has breached the duty.

S. 498ZP(2A) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 181(2).

    (2A)     An SDA resident does not breach a duty provision if any of the following have significantly contributed to the breach of the duty provision—

        (a)     in the case of damage to, or destruction of, an SDA enrolled dwelling, fair wear and tear;

        (b)     in the case of damage to, or destruction of, an SDA enrolled dwelling, accidental damage;

        (c)     the reasonable use of the SDA enrolled dwelling;

        (d)     the reasonable use of any aids, equipment, fixtures and fittings used in the SDA enrolled dwelling;

        (e)     the act or omission of a person who is not the SDA resident;

        (f)     any behaviour arising from the SDA resident's disability including circumstances aggravating to the SDA resident's disability or emotional wellbeing;

        (g)     a failure by a person to implement or comply with the SDA resident's support plan or NDIS behaviour support plan;

        (h)     the unauthorised use of a restrictive practice within the meaning of the Disability Act 2006 ;

              (i)     circumstances suggesting that the SDA resident has been subjected to abuse or neglect.

    (3)     A notice under subsection (1) must—

        (a)     specify the breach; and

        (b)     give details of the loss or damage, if any, caused by the breach; and

        (c)     require the person, within the required time after receiving the notice—

              (i)     to remedy the breach if possible; or

              (ii)     to compensate the person to whom the duty is owed; and

        (d)     state that the person in breach must not commit a similar breach again; and

        (e)     state that if the notice is not complied with—

              (i)     an application for compensation or a compliance order may be made to the Tribunal; or

              (ii)     if section 498ZZA applies, a notice of intention to vacate may be given; or

              (iii)     if section 498ZX applies, a notice to vacate may be given; and

        (f)     be in writing; and

        (g)     be addressed to the person allegedly in breach of the duty or the person's agent; and

        (h)     be signed by the person to whom the duty is owed or by that person's agent.

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