Advertising or promoting village before development approval given
16 Advertising or promoting village before development approval given
A person commits an offence if—
the person—
advertises, or otherwise promotes, a retirement village; or
advertises the sale of residential premises, or the right to occupy residential premises, in a retirement village; and
the development of the retirement village requires development approval; and
development approval has not been received for the development of the retirement village; and
the advertisement or other promotion mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) or (ii) does not disclose to a prospective resident that development approval has not been received for development of the retirement village.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
See the Planning Act 2023, ch 7 for when development approval is required for certain developments.
A person commits an offence if—
the person enters into a village contract for a retirement village with a prospective resident; and
the development of the retirement village requires development approval; and
development approval has not been received for the development of the retirement village.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
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