Victorian Numbered Regulations

COVID-19 OMNIBUS (EMERGENCY MEASURES) (COMMERCIAL LEASES AND LICENCES) REGULATIONS 2020 (SR NO 31 OF 2020) - REG 18

    (1)     A tenant under an eligible lease is not in breach of the eligible lease if, during the relevant period, they—

        (a)     reduce the opening hours of the business they carry out at the premises; or

        (b)     close the premises and cease to carry out any business at the premises.

Note

An eligible lease has effect subject to subregulation (1)—see section 17(1) of the Act.

    (2)     A landlord under an eligible lease must not evict or attempt to evict a tenant under the eligible lease to whom subregulation (1) applies.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (3)     A landlord under an eligible lease must not re‑enter or otherwise recover, or attempt to re‑enter or otherwise recover, the premises under an eligible lease if the tenant under the eligible lease is a tenant to whom subregulation (1) applies.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (4)     A landlord under an eligible lease must not have recourse, or attempt to have recourse, to any security relating the non-payment of rent under an eligible lease by a tenant under the eligible lease if the tenant is a tenant to whom subregulation (1) applies.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.