RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 94B Consent required for increase in room capacity

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 94B

S. 94B(1) amended by Nos 67/2010 s. 109, 45/2018 s. 85.

    (1)     A rooming house operator must not increase the room capacity of a room that is occupied by one or more residents unless—

S. 94B(1)(a) amended by No. 45/2018 s. 85(1).

        (a)     the rooming house operator has first given each existing resident of the room notice of the proposed increase in accordance with section 94C; and

        (b)     each existing resident of the room has consented to that increase in room capacity in accordance with section 94D; and

        (c)     each consent has taken effect.

Penalty:     150 penalty units.

    (2)     If a resident who has an exclusive occupancy right consents under section 94D to an increase in room capacity, that residency right becomes a shared room right when that consent takes effect.

S. 94C inserted by No. 63/2005 s. 9.