Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A rooming house operator, or that person's agent, must not require a resident to pay rent by a cheque or other negotiable instrument that is post-dated.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) A rooming house operator 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 resident's bank account) is reasonably available to the resident.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) A rooming house operator or that person's agent must permit the 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.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the rooming house operator and the resident, by agreement, may change the manner in which rent is payable under the agreement in respect of the residency right.
(5) The rooming house operator, or that person's agent, must give the resident information about any costs (including third party transaction fees, direct debit dishonour fees and any other electronic payment facility fees) that the resident may incur by using a particular payment method before the resident consents to use the payment method.