Victorian Numbered Acts

OWNERS CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (SHORT-STAY ACCOMMODATION) ACT 2018 (NO. 34 OF 2018) - SECT 4

In section 3 of the Principal Act insert the following definitions—

""agent provider" means a person who, for a fee, arranges and manages short-stay accommodation on behalf of a lot owner, lessee or sub-lessee;

"Building Code of Australia" has the same meaning as it has in section 3(1) of the Building Act 1993 ;

"short-stay accommodation "means accommodation provided under a short-stay accommodation arrangement;

"short-stay accommodation arrangement" means a lease or licence for a maximum period of 7 days and 6 nights to occupy a lot or part of a lot affected by an owners corporation that is—

        (a)         in a building wholly classified as a Class 2 building in Part A3.2 of Volume One of the Building Code of Australia; or

        (b)     in the case of a building where only part of that building is classified as a Class 2 building in Part A3.2 of Volume One of the Building Code of Australia—in that part of the building;

"short-stay occupant" means a person who occupies a lot or part of a lot under a short-stay accommodation arrangement;

"short-stay provider" means—

        (a)     the owner of a lot or part of a lot that is leased or licensed by the owner to a person under a short-stay accommodation arrangement; or

        (b)     a lessee or sub-lessee of the owner of a lot or part of a lot that is leased or licensed by the lessee or sub-lessee to a person under a short-stay accommodation arrangement; or

        (c)     an agent provider;".