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Contents (1999 - 81)
Retirement Villages Act 1999 No 81Status informationLong title
1 Name of Act 2 Commencement 3 Objects of Act 4 Definitions 5 Meaning of “retirement village” 6 Meaning of “ingoing contribution” 7 Meaning of “registered interest
holder” 7A Meaning of “capital gain” 8 “Permanent vacation” of residential
premises 9 “Consent” of residents 10 Notes Part 2 Application of Act
11 Application of Act 12 Act to bind Crown 13 Effect of Act on other legislation Part 3 Representations and information about retirement
14 Development consent 15 Approvals for certain facilities 16 Exceptions to prohibitions on advertising 17 Representations about retirement villages 18 General inquiry document and disclosure statement
concerning retirement village 19 Information to be provided to residents 20 Copies of certain documents to be available Part 4 Entry into retirement villages
21 Waiting list fee 22 Holding deposit 23 Deposits to be kept in trust Part 5 Village contracts
24 Resident to enter village contract 24A Retirement village land to be recorded on
Register 25 Inconsistency between village contract and disclosure
statement 26 Village contracts to be in writing 27 Operator to allow time for examination of village
contracts 28 No restriction on right to seek independent
advice 29 Variation or replacement of village contracts 30 Costs of obtaining certificate 31 Costs of preparation of village contracts 32 Cooling-off period 33 Rescission of village contract on grounds relating to
disclosure statement 34 Effect of rescission notice 35 Consequences of resident’s rescission of service
contract 36 Consequences of resident’s rescission of residence
contract 37 Consequence of resident’s rescission of other
village contract 38 Condition report for certain residential
premises 39 Operator to give residents and prospective residents
copies of village contracts 40 Contractual rights of residents against new
operator 41 New operator to convene meeting of residents 41A Renovations and alteration of fixtures or
fittings 42 Regulations concerning village contracts 43 Standard form of village contract 44 Parties to minimise loss from breach of village
contract Division 2 Settling-in period for residents
44A Termination of village contract during settling-in
period 44B Liability of former occupant if village contract
terminated during settling-in period 44C Operator to refund certain payments made by
resident 44D Time for making of payments 44E Former occupant not required to pay certain
amounts Part 6 General management of retirement villages
Division 1 Village rules
45 Application of Division 46 Subject-matter of village rules 47 Village rules to be consistent with other laws 48 Model village rules 49 Operator may make village rules for new
villages 50 Village rules for existing villages 51 Amendment of village rules 52 Operator’s objection to proposed amendment of
village rules 53 Operator’s concern that amendment will impose
additional cost 54 Other applications to Tribunal concerning village
rules 55 Compliance with village rules 56 Compliance with village rules by persons other than
operator and residents Division 2 Certain obligations of operators
57 Certain persons not to be operators 58 Operator to provide secure premises 58A Operator to provide safe premises 59 Operator to provide village emergency system on
request 59A Operator to provide emergency and home care service
vehicles access to retirement village 60 Variation in services or facilities provided at
village 61 Operator not to reduce or withdraw certain services and
facilities 62 Consequence of unlawful variation in services or
facilities 63 Operator not to require residents to patronise particular
businesses 64 Operator not to demand power of attorney 65 (Repealed) Division 3 Certain rights of residents
66 Operator to respect rights of residents 67 Restriction of operator’s access to residential
premises 68 Right to appoint agent 69 Residents to be given access to information about
them 70 Residents Committees and organisations 70A Membership of Residents Committee 71 Regulations concerning Residents Committees 72 Meetings between Residents Committee and
operator 72A Annual management meeting to be held by
operator 72B Questions to be answered at annual management
meeting 73 Villages without Residents Committee 74 Meetings of residents 75 Attendance at meetings of residents 76 No restrictions on voting 77 Proxies 78 Certain limitations on proxies 79 Effect of certain votes 80 Notice of intention to vacate Division 4 Right of certain non-residents to become
81 Right to become resident 82 Application to Tribunal concerning non-resident Division 5 Certain obligations of residents
83 Residents to respect rights of other persons Division 6 Administrators, receivers and managers
84 Application for order appointing administrator 85 No application without consent 86 Terms and conditions of appointment 87 Effect of appointment 87A Expenses of administration 87B Administrator may vary village contract 88 Revocation of appointment 89 Receivers and managers 90 No personal liability of administrator, receiver or
receiver and manager Part 7 Financial management of retirement villages
91 Financial year of retirement village Division 2 Capital maintenance and replacement
92 Interpretation 93 Obligations of operator with respect to certain capital
maintenance or replacement 94 Obligations of residents with respect to capital
maintenance or replacement 95 Resident may carry out urgent capital maintenance or
replacement 96 Tribunal may make orders for capital maintenance and
replacement 97 Funding of certain capital maintenance and capital
replacement 98 Capital maintenance to be included in proposed annual
budget 99 Capital works fund 100 Retirement village to be insured 101 Operator not to sell items of capital to
residents Division 3 102(Repealed)Division 4 Recurrent charges
103 Operator to pay certain recurrent charges 104 Variation of recurrent charges 105 Recurrent charges varied by fixed formula 105A Recurrent charges varied otherwise than by a fixed
formula—not exceeding variation in CPI 106 Recurrent charges varied otherwise than by fixed
formula—exceeding variation in CPI 106A Recurrent charges varied otherwise than by fixed formula
to be increased in accordance with Act 107 Residents’ consent to variation 108 Determination by Tribunal 109 Tribunal may order refund of recurrent charges in certain
circumstances 110 Receipts for recurrent charges 111 Abatement of recurrent charges Division 5 Proposed and approved annual budgets
112 Proposed annual budget 113 Order for proposed annual budget 114 Residents’ consent to expenditure 115 Determination of expenditure by Tribunal 115A Proposed annual budget may provide for
contingencies 116 Expenditure to be in accordance with approved annual
budget 117 Amendment of approved annual budget Division 6 Annual accounts
118 Auditing of accounts 119 Copies of annual accounts to be provided to
residents 119A Accounts not required to be audited in certain
cases 119B Quarterly accounts not required to be given to residents
in certain circumstances 120 (Repealed) Division 7 Surplus or deficit of accounts
120A Definitions 120B Any surplus to be carried over 120C Making good of deficit Part 8 Disputes
121 Application of Part Division 2 Dispute resolution
122 Disputes between operator and resident 123 Jurisdiction of Tribunal 124 (Repealed) 125 Informal resolution of disputes Division 3 Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
126 Jurisdiction 127 No monetary limit on jurisdiction of Tribunal 128 Order of Tribunal Part 9 Termination of residence contract
Division 1 General principles as to termination of residence
129 How and when residence right or contract is
terminated 130 Tribunal cannot terminate certain residence
contracts 131 Notice of intention to seek termination 132 Termination if residence contract frustrated Division 2 Termination by Tribunal on application of either
operator or resident
133 Termination on medical grounds 134 Termination on grounds of breach of village contract or
rules Division 3 Termination by Tribunal on application of
135 Termination on grounds of resident’s causing
serious damage or injury 136 Termination on grounds of upgrade or change of
use Division 3A Termination by Supreme Court on application of
136A Termination on grounds of retirement village ceasing to
operate Division 4 Suspension or refusal of orders for
137 Tribunal may suspend or refuse order for
termination Division 5 Recovery of possession of premises
138 Prohibition on certain recovery proceedings in
courts 139 Operator not to recover possession of premises except by
order 140 Enforcement of orders for possession 141 Liability of resident remaining in possession Division 6 Abandonment of premises
142 Application of Division 143 Abandoned premises 144 Right of operator to compensation where resident abandons
premises Division 7 Uncollected goods
145 Application of Division 146 Delivery of uncollected goods 147 Disposal of uncollected goods 148 Liability of operator Part 10 Matters relating to vacation of premises
149 Application of Part 150 References to sale of “residential
premises” Division 2 Recurrent charges
151 Recurrent charges in respect of optional
services 152 Recurrent charges in respect of general services:
registered interest holders 153 Recurrent charges in respect of general services:
generally 154 Time of payment of recurrent charges 155 Interest on recurrent charges Division 3 Departure fees
156 What is a “departure fee”? 157 Payment of departure fee 158 Period for which departure fee may be charged after
permanent vacation of premises: new contracts 159 Period for which departure fee may be charged after
permanent vacation of premises: old contracts—registered interest
holders 160 Period for which departure fee may be charged after
permanent vacation of premises: old contracts—generally 161 Reduction or waiver of departure fee Division 4 Repair and refurbishment of residential
162 Definition 163 Condition of premises on termination 164 No refurbishment required under contracts entered into
after commencement of section 165 Refurbishment under contract in force before commencement
of section Division 5 Sale or letting of premises by certain
166 Application of Division 167 Options 168 Sale of premises 169 Operator not to interfere in sale 170 Costs of sale 171 Purchaser and operator to enter contract 172 Vendor’s application to Tribunal concerning
proposed purchaser 173 Tribunal’s determination in relation to proposed
purchaser 174 Letting or subletting of premises 175 Determination by Tribunal concerning proposed tenant or
subtenant 176 Effect of granting of residential tenancy agreement under
this Division 177 Operator not to interfere in letting 178 No assignment or subletting 179 Legal ability to sublet Division 6 Payments to former occupants
180 Payments to former occupants who were registered interest
holders 181 Payments to former occupants who were not registered
interest holders 182 Payments to executors and administrators Part 10A Protection of ingoing contributions paid by
residents other than registered interest holders
182A Application of Part 182B Creation of charge 182C Disposal of land subject to charge 182D Effect of charge on successors in title 182E Application for enforcement of charge 182F Order for enforcement of charge 182G Priority of interests 182H Order not to disadvantage residents 182I Removal of charge Part 11 Enforcement
183 Proceedings for offences 184 Penalty notices 185 Monetary penalties imposed on operator 186 Offences by corporations 187 Offences by persons other than principal
offenders Part 12 Administration
188 Definition 189 Functions of Director-General 189A Director-General may issue warning notices 190 Director-General may take or defend
proceedings 191 Conduct of proceedings by Director-General 192 Intervention by Director-General 193–195 (Repealed) 196 Exclusion of personal liability Part 12A Powers of investigation
196A Powers of entry, inspection etc 196B Power of investigator to obtain information, documents
and evidence 196C Obstruction etc of investigator 196D Taking possession of documents to be used as
evidence 196E Search warrants Part 13 Miscellaneous
197 No charge for information 197A False or misleading information 198 Costs of operator’s legal advice or
proceedings 199 Contracting out prohibited 200 Disclosure of information 201 Service of documents 202 Costs of administration 203 Regulations 204, 205 (Repealed) 206 Repeals 207 Savings, transitional and other provisions 208 Review of Act Schedule 1 Consent of residents