Application to residents and operators of former retirement villages
15A Application to residents and operators of former retirement villages
This Act applies to the following people in relation to the occupation of a former retirement village even though the former retirement village is no longer a retirement village:
a retired person who continues to occupy residential premises in a former retirement village that was a retirement village when the retired person took up residence in the premises;
a retired person who has a right to occupy residential premises in a former retirement village that was a retirement village when the right was obtained;
a former occupant of a former retirement village who continues to have rights or liabilities under the contract, agreement or arrangement under which the occupant occupied (or had the right to occupy) the residential premises in the former retirement village when it was a retirement village;
the person who is the other party to the contract, agreement or arrangement under which the retired person occupies or occupied (or has or had the right to occupy) the residential premises in the former retirement village.
Operator includes a person mentioned in s (1) (d) (see s 7).
Resident includes a person mentioned in s (1) (a), (b) or (c) (see dict).
However, this Act does not apply in relation to a place mentioned in section 10 (1) (Meaning of retirement village), definition of retirement village, paragraph (b).
In this section:
former retirement village means a complex that was previously, but is no longer, a retirement village.
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