Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 2012 (NO. 38 OF 2012) - SECT 16

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person—

              (i)     advertises, or otherwise promotes, a retirement village; or

              (ii)     advertises the sale of residential premises, or the right to occupy residential premises, in a retirement village; and

        (b)     the development of the retirement village requires development approval; and

        (c)     the person has not received development approval for the development of the retirement village.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note     See the Planning and Development Act 2007 , ch 7 for when development approval is required for certain developments.

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.