Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1992

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used in this Act  
   4.      Act binds the Crown  
   5.      Application of Act  
   6.      Contracting out  
   7.      Effect of Act on other legislation  

   PART 2 -- Administration  

   7A.     Commissioner  
   8.      Functions of the Commissioner  
   9.      Commissioner may institute or defend proceedings for a party  
   10.     Delegation by Commissioner  
   11.     Protection of officers  
   11A.    Information officially obtained to be confidential  
   11B.    Application of certain provisions of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971  
   12.     Annual report  

   PART 3 -- Rights and obligations of residents, owners and administering bodies  

   13.     Residence contract  
   14.     Cooling-off period  
   15.     Owner to deliver memorial  
   16.     Occupation right not to be created unless memorial is lodged  
   17.     Termination of residence rights  
   18.     Premiums  
   19.     Contractual rights of residents  
   20.     Charges  
   21.     Enforcement of charge  
   22.     Termination of retirement village scheme  

   PART 4 -- Resolution of disputes  

           Division 1 -- General  

   42.     Use of other means of resolution  
   44.     Extension of time  
   48.     Reference of certain matters concerning administering bodies  

           Division 5 -- Orders by State Administrative Tribunal  

   52.     Limits on orders by State Administrative Tribunal  
   54.     Jurisdiction where title to land in question  
   56.     Disputes in relation to service contracts  
   57.     Applications relating to transfer of residents  
   58.     Termination of occupation on medical grounds  
   59.     Termination of occupation on grounds of breach of residence contract or rules  
   60.     Parties to minimise loss from breach of residence contract  
   61.     State Administrative Tribunal may waive defect in notice of intention to terminate  
   62.     State Administrative Tribunal may terminate residence contract where resident causes serious damage or injury  
   63.     State Administrative Tribunal may terminate residence contract where administering body would otherwise suffer undue hardship  
   64.     Suspension or refusal of orders to terminate  
   65.     Prohibition on certain recovery proceedings in courts etc.  
   66.     Recovery of possession of premises prohibited except by order  
   67.     Liability of resident remaining in possession  
   68.     Abandoned premises  
   69.     Right of administering body to compensation where resident abandons premises  
   70.     Goods abandoned by resident after residence contract is terminated  
   74.     Protection  

   PART 5 -- Miscellaneous  

   75.     Rescission of contract  
   77.     Non-compliance may be excused by Court  
   79.     Liability of directors etc.  
   80.     Time for bringing proceedings  
   82.     Regulations  
   83.     Review of the Act  
   84.     Savings and transitional  
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Savings and transitional provisions  
           Compilation table