Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A rooming house owner must within 14 days after the date of commencement of section 9 of the 2005 Act give to each resident of the rooming house who under section 530 is deemed to have a shared room right a notice in accordance with subsection (2).
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) The notice must—
(a) be in writing in a form approved by the Director; and
(b) state the date on which it is given; and
(c) state that it is given in accordance with this section; and
(d) specify that the residency right of the resident is a shared room right; and
(e) specify the total number of people who, in accordance with section 529 , could be accommodated in the room at the date of commencement of section 9 of the 2005 Act; and
(f) state that the room capacity of the room set out in paragraph (e) cannot be increased without the consent of the resident in accordance with section 94D of the Act; and
(g) state that if there is any vacancy in the room capacity set out in paragraph (e)—
(i) the resident will not be notified before another resident takes up occupancy of the room; and
(ii) the rooming house owner will choose the other residents who will be permitted to take up occupancy of the room; and
(h) specify the rent payable by the resident for the shared room right and the rent that would have been payable by the resident if the right had been an exclusive occupancy right.
(3) A rooming house owner is not required to give a notice to a resident under this section if the rooming house owner gives a notice under section 94B to the resident within 14 days after the date of commencement of section 9 of the 2005 Act.