VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 19 Minister may declare building to be a rooming house

Minister may declare building to be a rooming house

(1) An owner of a building—

(a) in which there is one or more rooms available for occupancy on payment of rent; and

(b) in which the total number of people who may occupy the rooms is less than 4—

may apply to the Minister for a declaration that the building is a rooming house for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare that building to be a rooming house for the purposes of this Act.

(3) On the request of Homes Victoria, the Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare the following to be a rooming house for the purposes of this Act—

(a) a building owned or leased by Homes Victoria and containing one or more self-contained apartments; or

(b) a building owned or leased by a registered housing provider within the meaning of the Housing Act 1983 or registered housing association within the meaning of that Act and containing one or more self-contained apartments.

(4) A notice under subsection (3) may be published on the Internet.