(2) A person (other than a
duly-appointed proxy of a resident) who is not a resident of the village
(including a person who occupies residential premises in the village otherwise
than under a residence right) must not attend, or remain at, a meeting of the
residents unless the residents at the meeting consent to the person's presence
at the meeting.
(2B) The operator or operator's representative must not
be present at a meeting of residents during the casting of any vote that is to
be taken by the residents at the meeting, but may return to the meeting after
the vote has been cast.
(3) Despite subsection (2), a person has a right to
attend a meeting of the residents of a retirement village and to vote at the
meeting on behalf of a resident of the village if the person--
(a) is
authorised to do so under a power of attorney given in favour of the person by
the resident concerned, or
(b) is a person appointed, under the
Guardianship Act 1987or the NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 , to manage
the estate of the resident (or, if the management of the resident's estate is
committed to the NSW Trustee and Guardian, the person is the NSW Trustee and
Guardian or a person authorised by the NSW Trustee and Guardian for the
purposes of this section).