Victorian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 61

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), a renter and any visitor must not intentionally or negligently cause damage to—

        (a)     rented premises; and

        (b)     any common area in respect of the rented premises.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), damage does not include fair wear and tear caused by a renter or a visitor.

Note

This section is a duty provision and a contravention of this section may be dealt with as a breach of a duty under Part 5 and other provisions of this Act.

S. 62 substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 47.