VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 94B Consent required for increase in room capacity

Consent required for increase in room capacity (1) A rooming house operator must not increase the room capacity of a room that is occupied by one or more residents unless—

(a) the rooming house operator has first given each existing resident of the room notice of the proposed increase in accordance with section 94C; and

(b) each existing resident of the room has consented to that increase in room capacity in accordance with section 94D; and

(c) each consent has taken effect.

Penalty: 150 penalty units.

(2) If a resident who has an exclusive occupancy right consents under section 94D to an increase in room capacity, that residency right becomes a shared room right when that consent takes effect.