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DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 84 Possession orders

DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 84

Possession orders

S. 84(1) amended by No. 22/2012 s. 32(1)(2).

    (1)     VCAT must make a possession order under section 83 requiring a resident to vacate the room and group home on the day specified in the order if VCAT is satisfied that—

S. 84(1)(a) amended by No. 22/2012 s. 32(3).

        (a)     the disability service provider was entitled to give the notice to vacate; and

S. 84(1)(b) amended by No. 22/2012 s. 32(3).

        (b)     the notice to vacate has not been withdrawn.

S. 84(2) amended by No. 22/2012 s. 32(3).

    (2)     The day specified in the order of VCAT under subsection (1) cannot be earlier than the termination date specified in the notice to vacate.

    (3)     VCAT may dismiss or adjourn an application for a possession order under section 83 if—

        (a)     the application is supported with a notice to vacate under section 76(1)(g) ; and

        (b)     VCAT considers that satisfactory arrangements have been or can be made to avoid financial loss to the disability service provider.

    (4)     An adjournment may be on any terms VCAT considers appropriate.

    (5)     On the resumption of an adjourned hearing, VCAT—

        (a)     may make a possession order if the resident has continued to accrue arrears of residential charge during the adjournment period; and

        (b)     must dismiss the application if the resident

              (i)     has paid all the arrears which were the subject of the original application; and

              (ii)     has accrued no further arrears of residential charge from the time of the application to the date of resumption of the adjourned hearing.

    (6)     A possession order must include—

S. 84(6)(a) amended by No. 22/2012 s. 32(2).

        (a)     the day (being a day not more than 30 days after the day on which the possession order is made) by which the resident must vacate the room and group home; and

S. 84(6)(b) amended by No. 22/2012 s. 32(2).

        (b)     a direction to the resident to vacate the room and group home by the day specified in the order; and

        (c)     a direction to the principal registrar to issue a warrant of possession in accordance with section 85 on the application of the person who obtained the possession order.

S. 84(7) amended by Nos 22/2012 s. 32(4), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 45.2).

    (7)     A possession order for a room in a group home must also include a warning that if the resident fails to comply with the direction in subsection (6)(b), he or she may be forcibly vacated from the room and group home by a police officer or an authorised person carrying out a warrant of possession.