Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) This section applies if—
S. 70A(1)(a) amended by Nos 53/2010 s. 221(Sch. item 9.4(a)), 53/2016 s. 117(1), 45/2018 s. 59(1)(a).
(a) a renter is excluded from rented premises because of an exclusion condition included in a family violence intervention order, family violence safety notice or recognised non-local DVO or a personal safety intervention order; and
S. 70A(1)(b) amended by Nos 53/2010 s. 221(Sch. item 9.4(a)), 53/2016 s. 117(1), substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 59(1)(b).
(b) a protected person under the notice or order—
(i) is also a party to the residential rental agreement for the rented premises; or
(ii) has been residing in the rented premises as the protected person's principal place of residence but is not a party to the residential rental agreement; and
S. 70A(1)(c) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 59(1)(b).
(c) the Tribunal has not made an order made under section 91W(1)(b) in relation to the protected person.
S. 70A(2) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(2).
(2) The protected person may change any external door or window lock, including a lock in a master key system, of the rented premises, whether or not the protected person is a party to the residential rental agreement.
(3) As soon as practicable after the protected person changes any external door or window lock, the protected person must—
S. 70A(3)(a) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(3)(a)(i).
(a) give the residential rental provider or that person's agent—
(i) a key to the lock; and
S. 70A(3)(a)(ii) amended by Nos 53/2010 s. 221(Sch. item 9.4(a)), 53/2016 s. 117(1), 45/2018 s. 59(3)(a)(ii).
(ii) either a certified extract of the family violence intervention order, family violence safety notice or recognised non-local DVO or a personal safety intervention order or a copy of the order or notice; and
S. 70A(3)(b) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(3)(b).
(b) give a key to the lock to the parties to the residential rental agreement, other than the excluded renter.
S. 70A(4) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(4)(a).
(4) The protected person is not required to give the excluded renter a key to the lock—
S. 70A(4)(a) amended by No. 53/2010 s. 221(Sch. item 9.4(b)), substituted by No. 53/2016 s. 117(2)(a), amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(4)(b).
(a) in the case of a family violence intervention order, a recognised non-local DVO made by a court or a personal safety intervention order, unless the exclusion condition in the order ends;
S. 70A(4)(b) substituted by No. 53/2016 s. 117(2)(b), amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(4)(c).
(b) in the case of a family violence safety notice or recognised non-local DVO made by a police officer, until the notice or DVO ends.
S. 70A(5) amended by Nos 53/2010 s. 221(Sch. item 9.4(a)), 53/2016 s. 117(1), 45/2018 s. 59(5), 17/2024 s. 6(5).
(5) A residential rental provider or that person's agent must not give the excluded renter any key provided under subsection (3)(a) if the residential rental provider or that person's agent knows that the renter has been excluded from the rented premises under a family violence intervention order, family violence safety notice or recognised non‑local DVO or a personal safety intervention order.
S. 70A(6) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(6).
(6) If a certified extract or a copy of a notice or order has been given to a residential rental provider or that person's agent under subsection (3)(a)(ii), the residential rental provider and that person's agent are taken to know that the renter has been excluded from the rented premises.
S. 70A(7) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(7)(a).
(7) A residential rental provider or that person's agent may only disclose, or give a copy of, a certified extract or a copy of a notice or order received under subsection (3)(a)(ii) to—
S. 70A(7)(a) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(7)(b).
(a) if given to the residential rental provider, that person's agent;
S. 70A(7)(b) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(7)(c).
(b) if given to the residential rental provider's agent, the residential rental provider;
S. 70A(7)(c) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 59(7)(a).
(c) in either case, the legal representative of the residential rental provider or that person's agent;
(d) any other person as prescribed.
(8) This section applies despite anything in section 70.
Note to s. 70A inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 59(8).
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. 70B inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 60 (as amended by No. 1/2021 s. 89).