VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 84 Residential rental provider cannot ask for fee for giving

Residential rental provider cannot ask for fee for giving consent

(1) A residential rental provider must not—

(a) demand or receive a fee or payment for giving consent to the assignment or sub-letting of rented premises; or

(b) refuse to consent to an assignment or sub-letting of rented premises on the ground that the renter has refused to pay a fee or amount for the consent.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

(2) If the renter has paid the residential rental provider a fee or amount for the consent to an assignment or sub-letting, the renter may apply to the Tribunal for an order that the residential rental provider refund to the renter the amount of the payment.

(3) This section does not prevent a residential rental provider from requiring a renter to bear any reasonable expenses that are reasonably incurred by the residential rental provider because of the assignment of a residential rental agreement.