Regulations
43 Regulations
The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to the following—
the method for determining and indexing (by reference to a document or otherwise) the adjusted maintenance charge;
contracts entered into between residents and either or both proprietors and operators of retirement villages, including—
matters that are or are not to be included in any contracts or any contracts in a particular class of contract; and
forms of any contracts or any contracts in a particular class of contract, including methods of setting out the substance of the contracts, other matters relating to the setting out and style of the contracts and the use of words or other symbols in the contracts;
records that must be kept by persons liable to make aged care payments or alternative accommodation payments for or with respect to the making of those payments;
the form of payment statements to be given to vacating residents under Part 5B and information to be included in those statements;
the form of payment requests and information to be included in payment requests;
payment of exit entitlements or the payment of other amounts to vacating residents or residents who have died, including conditions that may or may not be included in contracts about the payments and offences relating to the payments;
prescribing fees for applications or other matters under the Act for which fees are required to be paid;
prescribing forms for the purposes of the Act or the regulations;
records that must be kept by operators who make daily accommodation payments or alternative accommodation payments;
information that must be given by operators to vacating residents about daily accommodation payments or alternative accommodation payments made by the operators on behalf of the residents;
the display of key safety information in retirement villages;
renovations of premises;
village dispute procedures and the resolution of village disputes through village dispute procedures;
conciliation of village disputes under Part 6E;
generally prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.
S. 44 inserted by No. 17/1999 s. 44, repealed by No. 1/2010 s. 99, new s. 44 inserted by No. 19/2025 s. 65.
This provision refers to the regulations (may make regulations
, the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Retirement Villages (Contractual Arrangements) Regulations 2017 · under sections 43, 44A and 44B
- Retirement Villages Regulations 2026 · under sections 43 and 44B
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