Victorian Numbered Regulations

COVID-19 OMNIBUS (EMERGENCY MEASURES) (COMMERCIAL LEASES AND LICENCES) REGULATIONS 2020 (SR NO 31 OF 2020) - REG 15

    (1)     An eligible lease is taken to provide as set out in this regulation.

    (2)     If any outgoings charged, imposed or levied in relation to the premises are reduced—

        (a)     a landlord under an eligible lease must not require a tenant under the lease to pay any amount in respect of that outgoing that is greater than a tenant's proportional share of the reduced outgoing payable under the lease; and

        (b)     if a tenant under an eligible lease has already paid to a landlord under the lease an amount greater than a tenant's proportional share of the reduced outgoing, the landlord must reimburse the excess amount to a tenant as soon as possible.

Note

An eligible lease is taken to provide as set out in this regulation and, as such, it forms part of the eligible lease and a landlord and tenant under the eligible lease must observe it.