Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 56(1) amended by Nos 45/2002 s. 15, 67/2010 s. 104, 45/2018 s. 43(2)(3).
(1) The residential rental provider of separately metered rented premises must not seek payment or reimbursement for a cost or charge under section 55 that is more than the amount that the relevant supplier of the utility would have charged the renter.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
S. 56(2) amended by No. 45/2002 s. 15, substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 43(4).
(2) If the relevant supplier of the utility has issued an account to the residential rental provider, any amount to be recovered from the renter for the account must be adjusted by deducting any concession or rebate to which the renter is entitled.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the concession or rebate—
S. 56(3)(a) amended by Nos 45/2002 s. 15, 45/2018 s. 43(5).
(a) must be claimed by the renter and the residential rental provider has given the renter an opportunity to claim it and the renter does not do so by the payment date set by the relevant supplier of the utility; or
S. 56(3)(b) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 43(5)(a).
(b) is paid directly to the renter as a refund.
S. 57 (Heading) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 44(1), amended by No. 40/2022 s. 60(11).