Homeground Services v Mohamed (Residential Tenancies) [2009] VCAT 1131 (‘Mohamed’).
2.
Metro West v Sudi (Residential Tenancies) [2009] VCAT 2025, [1].
3.
The Act applies to rented premises, rooming houses, and caravan parks. Those residing in a rooming house or caravan park are referred to in the Act as ‘residents’. In this article, the term ‘tenant’ refers to both ‘tenants’ and ‘residents’.
4.
Section 244.
5.
A no-reason notice may be given in relation to a rented premises (s 263), a rooming house (s 288), and a caravan park (s 314).
6.
Director of Housing v JE [2007] VCAT 871.
7.
Sections 266(2), 289(1) and 315(1). A no-reason notice is of ‘no effect’ if it purports to terminate a fixed term tenancy earlier than the specified termination date (s 266(1)).
8.
Section 32(1).
9.
Section 38(1).
10.
Kracke v Mental Health Review Board (General) [2009] VCAT 646 (‘Kracke’).
Director of Housing v IF (Residential Tenancies) [2008] VCAT 2413 (‘IF’).
13.
Director of Housing v Sudi (Residential Tenancies) [2010] VCAT 328.
14.
Sabet v Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria (2008) 20 VR 414, [104].
15.
Kracke [801].
16.
Ibid [793]–[794].
17.
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act1998, s 98(1)(d).
18.
Kracke [34]–[35].
19.
Section 32 (2) of the Charter provides that international law may be considered in interpreting a statutory provision (which includes the Charter (s 3(1)).
20.
General Comment No 16, Thirty-second session, 1988, [5]. Essentially, a tenant may be made homeless without having any prior opportunity to challenge the grounds for giving the notice.
21.
Ibid [3].
22.
Ibid [4].
23.
Kracke [109]–[110].
24.
McCann v United Kingdom [2008] ECHR 19009/04, [50] (‘McCann’).
25.
McCann [55].
26.
Kracke [187].
27.
Mohamed [18]—[21].
28.
Section 330 (1)(a)(i).
29.
Director of Housing v Pavletic [2002] VSC 438 (‘Pavletic’).
30.
Ibid [18]. The importance of safeguards, such as review by an independent tribunal of the grounds for a proposed eviction, is that it ensures that the power may be used only for its designated purpose and may not be abused.
31.
Kracke [38].
32.
Pavletic [16], [18].
33.
Port Elizabeth Municipality v Various Occupiers2005 (1) SA 217 (CC), [17].
34.
Preamble.
35.
Kracke [727].
36.
Sections208, 209 and 212.
37.
Kracke [150], [210].
38.
IF [36].
39.
Residential Tenancies Act1980, s 123(1) Rooming House Act1990, s 32(1).
