7Offence to operate a rooming house without a licence

7 Offence to operate a rooming house without a licence

S. 7(1) substituted by No. 48/2018 s. 67(2).

(1) A person other than a registered housing association or registered housing provider must not conduct the business of operating a rooming house without a licence.

Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

In the case of a body corporate, 1200 penalty units.

(2) If a declaration is made under section 19(2) or (3) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 in respect of a building, subsection (1) does not apply to a rooming house operator who operates a rooming house at that building for a period of 60 days from the date that the declaration is made.

Note to s. 7(2) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 57.

Section 19(2) and (3) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 provides that the Minister may declare certain buildings to be rooming houses following a request by the owner of the building or Homes Victoria (within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Housing Act 1983).

S. 7(3) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 67(3).

(3) In this section—

registered housing association has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1983;

registered housing provider has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1983.