Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 30 OF 2016) - SECT 57

in part 3, insert

6A     General inquiry document—Act, s 23 (2)

The general inquiry document must include a brief explanation of the following about the retirement village to which it relates:

        (a)     the residential premises, services and facilities of the retirement village;

        (b)     the main differences between a retirement village and a residential aged care facility and how the services of the retirement village differ from residential care within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997

(Cwlth), section 41- 3;

        (c)     if the village contract provides for departure fees—the departure fees;

        (d)     if the operator has a policy about access by residents to home care services—the policy.

Note     Departure fees include deferred fees under the Fair Trading (Retirement Villages Industry) Code of Practice 1999

(NI1999-277).