Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 2012 (NO. 38 OF 2012) - SECT 112

    (1)     The residents of a retirement village may meet to consider and vote on—

        (a)     any matter for which the consent of the residents is required under this Act; and

        (b)     any other matter affecting the management and operation of the village; and

        (c)     any other matter prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     A vote of the residents on a matter mentioned in subsection (1) (b) does not bind the operator of the village.

    (3)     If 2 or more residents occupy the same residential premises in the village, each of them may vote on a matter mentioned in subsection (1).

    (4)     A meeting of residents must not be held simultaneously with a meeting that the residents, in another capacity, are required to hold or participate in under another Act.

Example

a meeting required under the Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

    (5)     The operator of a retirement village commits an offence if the operator interferes with a resident exercising a power under subsection (1).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (6)     An offence against subsection (5) is a strict liability offence.