42Information which rooming house operator must disclose to applicant

42 Information which rooming house operator must disclose to applicant

For the purposes of section 94I(d) of the Act, the following information is prescribed—

(a) if the rooming house operator is licensed under section 16 of the Rooming House Operators Act 2016;

(b) if the rooming house is registered under Division 4 of Part 6 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008;

(c) if the rooming house operator is a registered housing association or registered housing provider and is not required to be licenced under section 7(1) of the Rooming House Operators Act 2016;

(d) on and from 31 December 2021, if the rooming house operator has received a repair notice, in the last 3 years, relating to mould or damp in the rooming house caused by or related to the building structure;

(e) if the rooming house or common property is known by the rooming house operator to have been the location of a homicide in the last 5 years;

(f) if the rooming house is known by the rooming house operator—

(i) to be contaminated because of prior use of the rooming house for the trafficking or cultivation of a drug of dependence in the last 5 years; or

(ii) to have friable or non-friable asbestos based on an inspection by a suitably qualified person; or

(iii) to be affected by a building or planning application that has been lodged with the relevant authority;

(g) if the rooming house is known by the rooming house operator to be the subject of any notice, order, declaration, report or recommendation issued by a relevant building surveyor, public authority, or government department relating to any building defects or safety concerns associated with the rooming house or common property at the time of disclosure, a description of the notice, order, declaration, report or recommendation;

Any building notices or orders, reports or recommendations issued by the Victorian Building Authority, local councils, relevant building surveyors, or municipal building surveyors, that relate to any building defects or safety concerns such as the presence of combustible cladding, water leaks or structural issues affecting the rooming house or common property.

(h) if there is a current domestic building work dispute under the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 which applies to or affects the rooming house;

(i) if there a current dispute under Part 10 of the Owners Corporations Act 2006 which applies to or affects the rooming house;

(j) a copy of any owners corporation rules applicable to the rooming house.