Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 - SECT 84

Landlord cannot ask for fee for giving consent

84. Landlord cannot ask for fee for giving consent



(1) A landlord must not-

   (a)  demand or receive a fee or payment for giving consent to the
        assignment or sub-letting of rented premises; or

   (b)  refuse to consent to an assignment or sub-letting of rented premises
        on the ground that the tenant has refused to pay a fee or amount for
        the consent.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) If the tenant has paid the landlord a fee or amount for the consent to an
assignment or sub-letting, the tenant may apply to the Tribunal for an order
that the landlord refund to the tenant the amount of the payment.

(3) This section does not prevent a landlord from requiring the tenant to bear
any fees, costs or charges incurred by the landlord in connection with the
preparation of a written assignment of a tenancy agreement.

Division 8-Rights of entry