Application to Director to investigate need for non-urgent repairs
(1) A resident may apply to the Director to investigate whether the rooming house operator is in breach of a duty to ensure the room or the rooming house is maintained in good repair if—
(a) the resident has given notice to the rooming house operator that repairs (other than urgent repairs) are required to the room or rooming house; and
(b) the rooming house operator has not carried out the repairs within 14 days after being given the notice.
(2) An application under subsection (1) and a report under subsection (3)—
(a) must be in writing; and
(b) may be made or issued, as the case requires, by electronic communication in accordance with the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000.
(3) On an application under subsection (1), the Director—
(a) may investigate; and
(b) may negotiate arrangements for the carrying out of repairs if the Director is satisfied that the rooming house operator is in breach of the duty to maintain the room or rooming house in good repair; and
(c) may issue a report that—
(i) states the duty to maintain the room or the rooming house in good repair has been breached; and
(ii) directs the rooming house operator to do any thing in order to comply with the duty to maintain the room or the rooming house in good repair.
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