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HOUSING ACT 1983 - SECT 143

Regulations

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing that by this Act is authorized or required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary to be prescribed for carrying this Act into effect.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1) the regulations may prescribe—

S. 143(2)(a) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 43(1).

        (a)     the terms and conditions to be incorporated in agreements for the lease or sale of land between Homes Victoria and any person;

        (b)     forms for use under this Act;

S. 143(2)(c) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 43(1).

        (c)     the rent payable in respect of any land or class of land of Homes Victoria and the circumstances in which and the conditions on which Homes Victoria may grant rebates of rent;

        (d)     the registration of rental housing agencies, including the criteria for registration and for determining the category of registration;

        (e)     the matters to be included in the Register of Housing Agencies;

        (f)     fees for the purposes of Part VIII;

S. 143(2)(fa) inserted by No. 75/2016 s. 9, amended by No. 40/2022 s. 43(1).

        (fa)     access criteria to which Homes Victoria must have regard in determining whether to authorise a person, or class of person, to access the Victorian Housing Register;

        (g)     a penalty of not more than 10 penalty units for any contravention of the regulations;

S. 143(2)(h) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 43(1).

        (h)     that, in addition to any penalty, any expense incurred by Homes Victoria or the Registrar in consequence of a breach of the regulations or in the execution of work directed by the regulations to be executed by any person and not executed by that person must be paid by the person committing that breach or failing to execute that work;

              (i)     the procedure to be followed, the conditions to be complied with and any matters necessary to be prescribed for carrying the regulations into effect.

    (3)     Regulations made under this Act—

        (a)     may be of general or of specially limited application;

        (b)     may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance;

        (c)     may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person, whether wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations;

S. 143(3)(d) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 43(2).

        (d)     may leave any matter to be approved or determined by Homes Victoria or the Registrar.

Pt 10 (Heading and s. 144) inserted by No. 106/2004 s. 6.

Part X—Transitional



S. 144 inserted by No. 106/2004 s. 6.



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