Retirement Villages Act 1992

The residents of a retirement village may establish a residents’ committee whose function is to consult with the operator on behalf of the residents about —

the day‑to‑day running of the retirement village; and

any issues or proposals raised by the residents.

A residents’ committee may be established by an election conducted among the residents of a retirement village.

In the absence of an election conducted under subsection (2), a residents’ committee may be established by an election conducted by the operator on the request of —

if the retirement village has fewer than 10 occupied residential premises — residents from a majority of the occupied residential premises; or

otherwise, at least the greater of the following —

5 residents;

10% of the residents.

Only 1 residents’ committee may be established in a retirement village at any time.

Membership of a residents’ committee is available only to the residents of the retirement village in which it is established.

A residents’ committee may be, but is not required to be, an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 2015.

If more than 1 body or committee, regardless of its name, purports to be the residents’ committee in a particular retirement village, the operator or a resident of the village, or the Commissioner, may apply to the Tribunal for, and the Tribunal may make, an order determining which body or committee, if any, is the residents’ committee for the village.

A member of the residents’ committee —

holds office for not more than 1 year, but may be re‑elected; and

may be removed at any time by a special resolution.

Subject to the regulations, the residents’ committee may —

decide its own procedures; and

form subcommittees and decide a subcommittee’s procedures.

The regulations may make provision about residents’ committees, including the election, functions and procedures of residents’ committees and sub‑committees.