Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 - SECT 30

Tenants with children

30. Tenants with children



(1) A person must not-

   (a)  refuse to let rented premises; or

   (b)  instruct or permit that person's agent to refuse to let rented
        premises-

to another person under a tenancy agreement on the ground that the other
person intends to live on the premises with a child. Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) This section does not apply to-

   (a)  premises proposed to be let by a public statutory authority or body
        corporate for which the authority or body receives financial
        assistance for the provision of housing for lone persons or childless
        couples under an Act or an Act of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  premises that are the principal place of residence of the person
        refusing or instructing or permitting that person's agent to refuse to
        let the premises to a person intending to live with a child; or

   (c)  premises that by reason of their design or location are unsuitable or
        inappropriate for occupation by a child.

(3) A person who claims that premises are not, by reason of their design or
location, unsuitable or inappropriate for occupation by a child may apply to
the Tribunal for an order declaring whether or not the premises are unsuitable
or inappropriate for occupation by a child.

(4) In this section child means a child under 16 years of age.

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