Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) In section 112 of the Principal Act for "A resident" substitute "Subject to sub-section (2), a resident".
(2) At the end of section 112 of the Principal Act insert —
"(2) Despite sub-section (1), if a rooming house owner contravenes section 94B or 529 by permitting an additional person to occupy a room in the rooming house, an existing resident of the room at the date that the additional person commenced occupation of the room is not liable to pay rent for his or her occupancy of the room in respect of the period commencing on that date and ending on the first of the following to occur—
(a) the date that the room capacity of the room is reduced to the room capacity existing immediately before the additional person commenced occupation of the room; or
(b) the date that the consent of the existing resident of the room to the increase in room capacity under section 94D takes effect.".