Victorian Numbered Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (FURTHER AMENDMENT) ACT 2005 (NO 63 OF 2005) - SECT 6

After section 92 of the Principal Act insert —

        "92A.     Exclusive occupancy right

    (1)     An exclusive occupancy right gives a resident a right to exclusive occupancy of the room.

    (2)     To avoid doubt it is declared that 2 or more residents may have exclusive occupancy of a room.

Example

Two domestic partners may share a room and have exclusive occupancy. A rooming house owner would not be able to introduce another person to share the room while the exclusive occupancy right exists.

        92B.     Shared room right

A shared room right gives a resident a right to occupy the room together with one or more other residents chosen by the rooming house owner.

Example

A resident takes up occupancy of a room after being given notice under section 92C that the resident is to have a shared room right. Later that week, without notice to the existing resident, another resident takes up occupancy of the same room under a residency agreement. Each resident has a shared room right.".