Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1958 - SECT 29

PART IV SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS TO RECOVER POSSESSION

Definitions

29. Definitions

In this Part-

agent shall be taken to signify any person usually employed by the landlord in
the letting of the premises or in the collection of the rents thereof or
specially authorized to act in the particular matter by writing under the hand
of such landlord;

dwelling-house means any premises (not being prescribed premises within the
meaning of Part V of this Act) leased for the purposes of residence and
includes-

   (a)  the premises of any lodging house or boarding house; and

   (b)  any part of premises which is leased separately for the purposes of
        residence- but does not include premises licensed for the sale of
        spirituous or fermented liquors or premises which though leased for
        the purposes of residence have ceased to be used for those purposes to
        any substantial extent;

landlord shall be understood as signifying the person entitled to the
immediate reversion of the premises or if the property be held in
joint-tenancy coparcenary or tenancy in common shall be understood as
signifying any one of the persons entitled to such reversion;

premises shall be taken to signify lands houses or other corporeal
hereditaments.