Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 2004

- Act 50 of 2004
- Royal Assent 17 December 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   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
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           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3