(a) to ensure the provider
is not in breach of a law dealing with issues about the health or safety of
persons using or entering the resident’s room or common areas;
(b) to take
reasonable steps to ensure the resident—
(i) always has access to the
resident’s room and to bathroom and toilet facilities; and
(ii) has
reasonable access to any other common areas;
(c) to take reasonable steps to
ensure the security of the resident’s room and the resident’s personal
property in the room;
(d) to maintain the resident’s room and common areas
in a way that the room and areas remain fit for the resident to live in;
(e)
to take reasonable steps to ensure the resident’s room and common areas and
facilities provided in the room and areas—
(i) are kept safe and in good
repair; and
(ii) subject to any agreement with the resident about cleaning
the resident’s room or common areas or facilities—are kept clean;
(f) not
to unreasonably restrict the resident’s guests in visiting the resident;
(g) to ensure that the times during which the provider, or an agent of the
provider, is available to be contacted by the resident are reasonable, having
regard to all the circumstances including the services being provided to the
resident under the rooming accommodation agreement;
(2) For subsection (1) (e) (ii) , an agreement about cleaning common areas may
be made only for a common area used by the resident and a minority of other
residents of the provider.
Example for subsection (2)—
Four residents have
individual rooms opening out onto a living area which is available for use
only by those residents. The provider and the 4 residents may agree that the
cleaning of the living area is to be done by the 4 residents.