Victorian Numbered Regulations

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

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

    (2)     A landlord or tenant under an eligible lease must not divulge or communicate protected information obtained under or in connection with the operation of these Regulations except—

        (a)     with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or

        (b)     to a professional adviser who agrees to keep it confidential; or

        (c)     to an actual or prospective financier who agrees to keep it confidential; or

        (d)     as authorised by the Small Business Commission; or

        (e)     as authorised under law; or

Example

See regulation 24.

        (f)     for the purposes of any proceeding in a court or tribunal.

    (3)     In this regulation—

"personal information" means the name, address and contact details of any person (other than the landlord or tenant);

"protected information" means—

        (a)     personal information; or

        (b)     information relating to business processes or financial information (including information about the trade of a business).

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.

Division 1—Mediation of eligible lease disputes by Small Business Commission