Victorian Current Acts

OWNERS CORPORATIONS ACT 2006 - SECT 51

    (1)     The owners corporation must give at least 7 days' notice in writing to the occupier of a lot of its intention to enter the lot unless—

        (a)     the occupier agrees to a lesser time; or

        (b)     there is an emergency.

S. 51(2) substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 376.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), if the lot is occupied under a residential rental agreement within the meaning of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 , the owners corporation must give the same notice to the occupier as that required to be given by a residential rental provider under section 85 of that Act.

S. 51(2A) inserted by No. 4/2021 s. 28.

    (2A)     On receiving notice given in accordance with this section, the occupier of the lot must grant entry to the lot or a building on the lot to a person authorised by the owners corporation under section 50.

    (3)     In this section—

"emergency" includes—

        (a)     an interruption to gas, water, electricity, telephone, drainage, sewerage or a similar service; and

        (b)     a leak or a similar problem requiring prompt attention; and

        (c)     cracking or a similar structural problem likely to affect the immediate safety of a building or any person.