Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Retirement Villages Act 1986 - SECT 20

Resident to be given certain information

20. Resident to be given certain information



(1) A person who includes in a disclosure statement a statement which the
person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of
an offence.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.



(2) If a resident asks an owner or owner's agent to answer a question in the
document described in paragraph (f) of the definition of residence documents
which applies to that owner or agent and the owner or agent-

   (a)  refuses or fails to answer the question; or

   (b)  in answer to the question gives information which the owner or agent
        knows to be false or misleading in a material particular-

the owner or agent is guilty of an offence. Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3) If asked by a resident, an owner or owner's agent of a retirement village
must give to a resident information concerning the retirement village which
the resident reasonably requires and the owner or agent is able to give.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(4) A person who under subsection (3) gives information to a resident which
the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular is guilty
of an offence.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(5) In this section and in sections 21, 21A and 23 owner includes manager.