RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 2004

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Interpretation
• 4 Meaning of "ingoing contribution"
• 5 Application of Act

PART 2 - Rights of residents

• 6 Creation of residence rights
• 7 Requirement for resident to be retired
• 8 Termination of residence rights
• 9 Ingoing contributions
• 10 Contractual rights of residents
• 11 Arrangements if resident is absent or vacates
• 12 Repayment of ingoing contribution
• 13 Serious financial hardship of operator
• 14 Meetings of residents and tenants
• 14A Increase in recurrent charges
• 14B Tribunal may order increase in recurrent charges in certain
circumstances
• 14C Imposition of levies
• 15 Auditing of accounts
• 16 Residents' and tenants' committees
• 17 Meeting with new operator
• 18 Decisions at meetings of residents and tenants
• 19 Documents to be supplied to residents and tenants

PART 3 - Insurance of retirement villages

• 20 Duty of operator to insure village

PART 4 - Village rules

• 21 Requirement for village rules
• 22 Additions and amendments to village rules
• 23 Objections by residents, tenants or operator, &c.
• 24 Application of village rules
• 25 Inconsistency with residence contract
• 26 Compliance with village rules by persons other than operator and
residents

PART 5 - Dispute resolution Division 1 - Application to Director

• 27 Requirement to minimise loss
• 28 Application to Director
• 29 Notice of application
• 30 Amendment of application

Division 2 - Powers and procedures

• 31 Investigations
• 32 Termination on ground of breach of residence contract or village
rules
• 33 Orders of Director
• 34 Appeal against decision or order
• 35 Stay of operation of order

PART 6 - Miscellaneous

• 36 Operator not to demand power of attorney
• 37 Operator not to demand appointment as proxy
• 38 Endorsement on folio of Register
• 39 Residence contract to be binding on new operator
• 40 Termination of retirement village
• 41 Certain persons excluded from administration of retirement village
• 42 Contract to avoid Act
• 43 Liability of directors and managers
• 44 Regulations
• 45 Administration
• 46 Section 46
• 47 Section 47
• 48 Section 48
SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3

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