Short Stay Levy Act 2024

For the purposes of this Act, a person provides a booking platform if the person carries on the business of—

facilitating requests to book a short stay in short stay accommodation; and

arranging or facilitating the acceptance of those requests by or on behalf of short stay accommodation providers.

In determining whether a person provides a booking platform, it does not matter—

whether or not the service has a website on the Internet; or

whether or not an act referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) involves the use of a wholly or partly automated system; or

whether or not the service facilitates payment of any fee for the short stay booking; or

whether or not the person who carries on the business is located in Victoria.

However, a booking platform does not include a service that refers a person to another service for the purposes of the person using that other service to do the things referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b).