For the purposes of section 122 (2) of the Act, a resident of a retirement village is nominated as the representative of 2 or more residents in the village who claim that a dispute has arisen between those residents and the operator of the village (whether or not the nominated resident is a party to the dispute) if--
(a) each resident who is a party to the dispute signs a statement to the effect that the resident named in the statement is nominated as the signatory's representative, and
(b) the nominated resident consents in writing to the nomination.