New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1999 - SECT 122

122 Disputes between operator and resident

(1) If a resident (or residents) or the operator of a retirement village claims that a dispute (including a dispute as to whether the operator is discharging his or her obligations under section 66 (2) (b)) has arisen between the resident and the operator or the operator and one or more residents, the resident (or residents) or operator may apply to the Tribunal for (and the Tribunal may make) an order in respect of the dispute.

Note : Section 128 specifies some of the kinds of orders that the Tribunal can make.

(2) Two or more residents who claim that a dispute, as referred to in subsection (1), has arisen may nominate, in accordance with the regulations, any resident as their representative in the dispute.

(3) The nominated representative may apply to the Tribunal for an order in respect of the dispute, and the Tribunal may make an order that applies to the residents who are represented by the nominated representative.