Meetings of residents—methods of communication
112A Meetings of residents—methods of communication
This section applies to a meeting of residents of a retirement village mentioned in section 112 (1).
The residents committee may authorise that the meeting be held using a method of communication, or a combination of methods of communication, that allows a resident taking part to hear or otherwise know what each other resident taking part says without the residents being in each other’s presence.
Examples a phone link, a satellite link, an internet or intranet link, in writing
If there is no residents committee for a retirement village, the residents of the village may make an authorisation under subsection (2) if requested to do so by—
for a village with fewer than 10 occupied residential premises—residents from a majority of the occupied residential premises; or
for a village with 10 or more occupied residential premises—the greater of—
5 residents of the village; and
10% of the residents of the village.
A person who takes part in a meeting conducted under subsection (2) is taken, for all purposes, to be present at the meeting.
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