Victorian Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION ACT 2021 (NO. 37 OF 2021) - SECT 251

    (1)     If a resident or a proposed resident pays a security deposit, the provider must give the resident or proposed resident 2 copies of a condition report signed by or on behalf of the provider specifying the state of repair and general condition of—

        (a)     the resident's room; and

        (b)     the common areas; and

        (c)     the furniture in the resident's room and the common areas.

Penalty:     10 penalty units, in the case of an individual;

    50 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

    (2)     The provider must give the condition report as soon as practicable before a resident or a proposed resident begins living at the supported residential service.

Penalty:     10 penalty units, in the case of an individual;

    50 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

    (3)     Within 3 days after a resident's arrival at the supported residential service, the resident or person nominated must return one copy of the condition report to the provider—

        (a)     signed by the resident; and

        (b)     with an endorsement—

              (i)     to the effect that the resident agrees with the whole of the report; or

              (ii)     that identifies any matters in the report with which the resident does not agree.