VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 142ZF Non-payment of rent

Non-payment of rent

(1) A rooming house operator may give a resident a notice to vacate the room occupied by the resident if the resident owes at least 7 days rent to the rooming house operator.

(2) The notice must specify a termination date that is not less than 2 days after the date on which the notice is given.

(3) For the purposes of this section, rent in relation to a fixed term rooming house agreement or agreement under section 94(2) under which Homes Victoria or a registered agency is the rooming house operator, is the amount payable to the rooming house operator by the resident to occupy the room and use facilities and services less any applicable rental rebate.