VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 133 What can Tribunal order?

What can the Tribunal order? (1) If the Tribunal is satisfied that the rooming house operator is in breach of the duty to maintain the room or the rooming house in good repair, the Tribunal may make an order that requires—

(a) the rooming house operator to carry out specified repairs; and

(b) the use of a suitably qualified person to carry out the repairs; and

(c) compensation to be paid in accordance with section 212(2).

(1A) Without limiting the matters to which the Tribunal may have regard in determining an application under subsection (1), the Tribunal must have regard to the following—

(a) whether the repairs are needed because of—

(i) an act or omission of the resident; or

(ii) non-compliance by the resident with a provision of a fixed term rooming house agreement or an agreement under section 94(2) or a resident's duties under section 116;

(b) whether the rooming house operator or that person's agent—

(i) was notified of the repairs; and

(ii) was given a reasonable opportunity to carry out the repairs;

(c) whether the resident arranged for a suitably qualified person to carry out the repairs;

(d) whether the rooming house operator was required to engage a suitably qualified person to verify the quality of the repairs;

(e) whether the resident has provided documentary evidence of the repair, including any receipts or copies of receipts for repair costs.

(2) If the Tribunal makes an order requiring the rooming house operator to carry out specified repairs, the order must specify the repairs and the time within which they must be carried out.

(3) If an order under this section in relation to a room is made on the application of a resident of a shared room, the Tribunal must include in the order a direction to the rooming house operator to give a copy of the order to each other resident of the shared room.