VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 142X Rent payable on termination without notice

Rent payable on termination without notice

(1) A resident who vacates a room without giving notice must pay to the rooming house operator the rent for the lesser of the following periods—

(a) in the case of a resident who has entered into a fixed term rooming house agreement, 14 days after vacating the room; or

(b) in any other case, 2 days after vacating the room; or

(c) until another resident takes up occupancy of the room.

Penalty: 25 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the rooming house or room has become unsafe or unfit for human habitation.