Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 - SECT 58

Indemnity for taxes and rates

58. Indemnity for taxes and rates



(1) A landlord under a tenancy agreement must indemnify the tenant for any
amount recoverable from the tenant by a public statutory authority for rates
or taxes payable under an Act for those rented premises.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to-

   (a)  rates or taxes based solely on the amount of a substance or service
        that is supplied to the premises; or

   (b)  a fixed term tenancy agreement for a period exceeding 1 year.

Division 5-General duties of tenants and landlords