Victorian Current Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 52

Subject to section 53AA, a renter is liable for—

        (a)     all charges for the supply or use of electricity, gas or oil in respect of the renter's occupation of rented premises that are separately metered, except for the installation costs and charges for the initial connection of the service to the rented premises; and

        (b)     all charges for the use of any gas bottles (including supply or hire of the bottles) in respect of the renter's occupation of the rented premises; and

        (c)     in respect of rented premises that are separately metered—

              (i)     the cost of all water supplied to the premises during the renter's occupancy if the cost is based solely on the amount of water supplied; and

              (ii)     that part of the charge that is based on the amount of water supplied to the premises during the renter's occupation if the cost of water supplied is only partly based on the amount of water supplied to the premises; and

              (iii)     all sewage disposal charges imposed during the renter's occupation of the rented premises by a water corporation under the Water Act 1989 .

S. 53 (Heading) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 39(1).