The Law Handbook 2024

1252 Index Probate Office 74, 899, 902, 904, 907, 912, 914 Probate Online Advertising System 907, 912 property contract disputes 561 RedCrest electronic filing system 899, 907, 912 Registrar of Probates 896, 897, 898, 904, 907, 912 Self-represented Litigant Coordinator 533, 540 tenancy appeals 531–3 testator’s family maintenance claims 909 Trial Division 20 VCAT referring questions of law to 573 website 11, 20, 29, 533, 907 wills amending 900 child, making for 899 electronic filing system 899, 907 mentally incapacitated person, making for 899 surety for bail 196, 211 surrogacy 279–80, 285 adoption of child 279, 288 altruistic 279 approval by Patient Review Panel 279 commercial 279, 285 declaration of parentage 279 legal status of child 279 parentage 279–80, 282, 285 parentage order 279 parental responsibility order 279 registration of child born by 286–7 substitute parentage order 279, 282, 287, 288 surveillance devices 1083, 1123 surveyors 564–5, 566 boundary surveys 584 building permits issued by 566 suspended sentence 33 Sustainability Victoria 1044 T tax file number 397–8, 1109 annual TFN withholding report 398 data matching 1109 effect of not quoting 397 offences 1109, 1114 privacy 1109 complaints 1114 Privacy (Tax File Number) Rule 2015 1109 superannuation fund, giving to 413, 1109 trustees notifying 398 Tax Practitioners Board 731 tax return 398–400 assessment of 400 business 399 child support, changing 271 deceased person, for 399 extension of time 399 failure to lodge 400, 401 penalty 400, 401 filing 399 guides on ATO website 395 individual 399 myTax 399 online lodgment system 399 requirement to lodge 398 tax agent lodging 399 tax-free threshold 398 taxation 395–407 see also income tax assets for care arrangements and CGT 884 audits 397 Australian Taxation Office (ATO) 395 bankruptcy and tax debt 376 Business Activity Statement (BAS) 399 charities 611, 618–20 Commissioner of Taxation 395 community organisations 618–20, 1045 complaints bodies 731 estates 913–14 fringe benefits tax (FBT) 405 community organisations 619 GST see goods and services tax (GST) guides on ATO website 395 income tax see income tax information 395 Inspector-General of Taxation 404 Instalment Activity Statement (IAS) 399 land tax 407 absentee owner surcharge 559 SRO certificate 558 legislation 395 Magistrates’ Court jurisdiction 17 owners corporation 597 PAYG system 396, 397, 398 payroll tax 406 private sector publications 396 rebates see income tax resources 395, 407 return see tax return stamp duty see stamp duty state duties and taxes 406–7 Tax Help 397 Tax Practitioners Board 731 taxable income see income tax Taxpayer’s Charter 397 telecommunications consumer complaints 716 ‘do not call’ register 700, 1103, 1113 industry codes of practice 1112 interception 1123–4 privacy issues 1112–13, 1123–4 standard form contracts 695 warrant to intercept 1123 Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 716, 731 consumer complaints 716, 731 contact details 457, 731, 751, 1125 credit reporting complaints 456 internet complaints 751 telemarketing 700 charities 621 ‘do not call’ register 700, 1103, 1113 Industry Standard 621, 700 prohibited times 700 unsolicited consumer agreements 697–700 telephone information services interpreter services 62–3, 74–5 National Debt Helpline 347, 348, 364, 387, 388, 462, 729 Victims of Crime Helpline 167, 307, 971, 979 VLA legal helpline 62, 79, 86, 87, 93 telephone interpreter service 62–3, 74–5 temporary assessment order (TAO) 47 temporary public interest determination (TPID) Cth Information Commissioner 1099 IPP exemption 1118 Vic Information Commissioner 1115 tenancy 464–540 abandoned goods 521–3 claiming 522 destruction or disposal of 521 lost, disposed of or damaged 523 notification 522 owners corporation obligations 608 personal documents 522 rental provider not following law 522–3 rental provider’s obligation 518, 521 sale or disposal 522 storage 522 advertisement, fixed rent in 468, 490 advice and information 539–40 agents 468 compensation claim against 526, 527 illegal charges 472–3 agreement see rental agreement below Airbnb 466 anticipated changes 464 appeals 531–3 costs 532 effect 533 grounds 532 indemnity certificate 532 possession orders 532 proper forum 531 protective cost order (PCO) 533 Supreme Court Self-represented Litigant Coordinator 533 time limits 532 transfer between court and VCAT 531 application deposit 472 application for possession see possession order assignment 471, 472, 473 consent of landlord 471, 472 fee for consent 472, 473 landlord withholding consent 472 tenant transfer form 473 without consent, notice to vacate 471, 505 auctions, illegal 468 Australian Consumer Law, claim under 526 blacklisting renters 475–7 boarders 466 bond 473–5 amount 473 blank form, warning against signing 473 claim form 473, 518 condition report 474–5, 478 date for payment 473 Director of Housing bonds 519 failure to pay 474, 505 lodgment form 473 long-term tenancy 474 receipt 473–4 recovery of 518–21 release 473 rental provider failing to lodge 474 SDA residents not to pay 474