South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) A proprietor may
increase the rent payable under a rooming house agreement by giving written
notice to the resident specifying the date as from which the increase takes
effect.
(2) However—
(a) the
right to increase the rent may be excluded or limited by the terms of the
rooming house agreement; and
(b) if
accommodation at the rooming house is to be provided for a fixed term, the
rooming house agreement is taken to exclude an increase in rent during the
term unless it specifically allows for an increase in rent; and
(c) the
date fixed for an increase of rent must be at least 6 months after the
date of the agreement or, if there has been a previous increase of rent under
this section, the last increase and, subject to subsection (3), at least
4 weeks after the notice is given.
(3) If a rent control
notice that has applied in respect of the rooming house ceases to be in force,
the proprietor may, by notice given under this section within 4 weeks
after the rent control notice ceases to be in force, increase the rent for
accommodation at the rooming house from a date falling at least 14 days
after the notice is given.
(4) If the rent
payable under a rooming house agreement is increased under this section, the
terms of the agreement are varied accordingly.
(5) This section does
not affect the operation of a provision of a rooming house agreement under
which the rent payable under the agreement changes automatically on a basis
set out in the agreement.
(6) For the purposes
of this section, a series of rooming house agreements between the same parties
and relating to accommodation at the same rooming house is treated as a single
rooming house agreement unless at least 6 months have elapsed since rent
for accommodation at the rooming house was fixed or last increased.