VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 56 Residential rental provider must not seek overpayment for

Residential rental provider must not seek overpayment for utility charge

(1) The residential rental provider of separately metered rented premises must not seek payment or reimbursement for a cost or charge under section 55 that is more than the amount that the relevant supplier of the utility would have charged the renter. Penalty: 60 penalty units.

(2) If the relevant supplier of the utility has issued an account to the residential rental provider, any amount to be recovered from the renter for the account must be adjusted by deducting any concession or rebate to which the renter is entitled.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the concession or rebate—

(a) must be claimed by the renter and the residential rental provider has given the renter an opportunity to claim it and the renter does not do so by the payment date set by the relevant supplier of the utility; or

(b) is paid directly to the renter as a refund.