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RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1987 - SECT 24

24—Meeting with new administering authority

        (1)         It will be a term of every agreement that will result in a change in the administering authority of a retirement village (including a change by virtue of the sale of an interest in the land within the village) that, before the change is effected, the person who is to be the new administering authority will convene a meeting of residents under this section at which the person (or his or her representative) will—

            (a)         present a report on any changes that are proposed for the retirement village (including any proposal to change a charge, fee or levy payable by residents), and his or her plans for the future management and operation of the retirement village; and

            (b)         answer any reasonable question put by a resident.

        (2)         A meeting will be convened by sending to each resident, at least 14 days before the date of the meeting, a written notice setting out—

            (a)         the time and place of the meeting; and

            (b)         the reason for the meeting.

        (3)         If a change in an administering authority of a retirement village is effected by an agreement without compliance with the term referred to in subsection (1), the person who is the new administering authority is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.



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