Retirement Villages Act 2012

If a residence contract for residential premises in a retirement village is ended and goods are left on the residential premises by the former occupant, the operator of the village may—

apply to the ACAT for an order under this section; or

sell or dispose of the goods in accordance with a regulation.

Before making the application, or selling or disposing of the goods, the operator must, if the operator has a forwarding address for the former occupant of the premises, send notice of the operator’s intention to the former occupant (or to the executor or administrator of the estate of the former occupant).

On application, the ACAT may make 1 or more of the following orders if satisfied on reasonable grounds that the operator has given, or was not able to give, the notice required by subsection (2):

an order authorising the removal, destruction or disposal of the goods;

an order authorising the sale of the goods;

an order about the manner of the sale of the goods;

an order about the proceeds of the sale of the goods.