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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 207S

Reduced period of notice of intention to vacate in certain circumstances

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a site tenant has been given a notice to vacate under section 207ZG ; or

        (b)     a site tenant requires special or personal care and needs to vacate the Part 4A site in order to obtain that care; or

S. 207S(1)(c) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 60(32).

        (c)     a site tenant has been offered and accepted accommodation from Homes Victoria or a registered housing agency; or

        (d)     a site tenant requires temporary crisis accommodation and needs to vacate the Part 4A site in order to obtain that accommodation.

    (2)     A site tenant to whom this section applies may give a site owner a notice of intention to vacate the Part 4A site under a fixed term site agreement specifying a termination date that is on or after the end of the term of the site agreement if the period between the date on which the notice is given and the termination date is not less than 14 days.

    (3)     A site tenant to whom this section applies may give a site owner a notice of intention to vacate a Part 4A site under a periodic site agreement specifying a termination date that is not less than 14 days after the date on which the notice is given.

    (4)     In this section "special or personal care" means—

        (a)     assistance with one or more of the following—

              (i)     bathing, showering or personal hygiene;

              (ii)     toileting;

              (iii)     dressing or undressing;

              (iv)     meals; or

        (b)     physical assistance for persons with mobility problems; or

        (c)     assistance for persons who are mobile but require some form of supervision or assistance; or

        (d)     assistance or supervision in dispensing medicine; or

        (e)     the provision of substantial emotional support in a health or residential service.

S. 207T inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 239 (as amended by No. 1/2021 s. 97).



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