VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 206P Condition report is evidence of state of repair

Condition report is evidence of state of repair (1) A statement in a condition report under section 206O is conclusive evidence, for the purposes of this Act, of the state of repair or general condition of the Part 4A site on the day specified in the report if the condition report is signed by or on behalf of the site owner and the site tenant. (1A) A condition report that is given to a site owner is taken to be notice given to the site owner of any defects or outstanding repairs stated in the report.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a) a state of repair or general condition that could not reasonably have been discovered on a reasonable inspection of the Part 4A site; or

(b) any statement in the report about which the site tenant records a written comment disagreeing with that statement in the copy of the report completed by the site tenant; or

(c) a statement that the site owner has disagreed with in writing on the condition report, if the report was completed by the site owner before it was completed by the site owner.