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VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 159 Rent must be reduced if services are reduced

Writer: David WoolfallDavid Woolfall

Rent must be reduced if services are reduced

(1) If a caravan park owner ceases providing services to a resident, the caravan park owner must reduce the rent by— (a) the amount agreed between them; or (b) an amount determined by the Tribunal in the absence of any agreement on an application by either party.

(2) If the Tribunal determines an amount under subsection (1)(b), it may also order that— (a) the reduction in rent is to take effect from the time the caravan park owner ceased to provide services to the resident; and

(b) the caravan park owner is to refund to the resident any excess rent paid by the resident from the time the caravan park owner ceased to provide services until the date of the order.

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