Victorian Current Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 498ZZZD

What must an SDA dwelling owner do about goods left behind?

S. 498ZZZD(1) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 217(2).

    (1)     If a former SDA resident leaves behind goods (other than goods which may be removed and destroyed or disposed of under section 498ZZZC), the SDA dwelling owner must—

        (a)     take reasonable steps to give notice, in the form approved by the Director, to the former SDA resident that the goods have been left behind; and

S. 498ZZZD (1)(b) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 217(2).

        (b)     store the goods for a period of at least 14 days, beginning on the day on which the SDA dwelling owner gave the notice to the former SDA resident.

    (2)     A notice under subsection (1)(a) must include a statement informing the former SDA resident of the former SDA resident's rights and obligations in relation to the goods left behind.

S. 498ZZZD(3) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 217(2).

    (3)     The SDA dwelling owner may remove the goods from the SDA dwelling and store them at a safe place.

S. 498ZZZE inserted by No. 38/2018 s. 293, repealed by No. 19/2019 s. 201.

    *     *     *     *     *

S. 498ZZZF (Heading) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 218(1).

S. 498ZZZF inserted by No. 38/2018 s. 293, substituted by No. 19/2019 s. 202.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback