Victorian Current Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1986 - SECT 43

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to the following:

        (a)     The method for determining and indexing (by reference to a document or otherwise) the adjusted maintenance charge;

S. 43(1)(ab) inserted by No. 4/2005 s. 20(1).

        (ab)     contracts entered into between owners and residents of retirement villages or managers and residents of retirement villages, including—

              (i)     matters that are or are not to be included in such contracts; and

              (ii)     forms of such contracts, including methods of setting out the substance of the contracts, other matters relating to the setting out and style of the contracts and the use of words or other symbols in the contracts;

S. 43(1)(ac) inserted by No. 4/2005 s. 20(1).

        (ac)     payment of amounts to residents who have left retirement villages or died, including conditions that may or may not be included in contracts as to such payments and offences relating to such payments;

        (b)     Prescribing fees;

        (c)     Prescribing forms;

S. 43(1)(ca) inserted by No. 2/2013 s. 8.

        (ca)     prescribing the information that must be contained in a factsheet;

S. 43(1)(cb) inserted by No. 2/2013 s. 8.

        (cb)     prescribing documents for the purposes of section 18B(1);

        (d)     Generally prescribing any other matter or thing required or penalties for this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

    (2)     The Regulations—

        (a)     may be of general or limited application; and

        (b)     may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances; and

S. 43(2)(ba) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 65.

        (ba)     may apply to different classes of persons; and

S. 43(2)(bb) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 65.

        (bb)     may prescribe different infringement penalties for different classes of persons; and

        (c)     may—

              (i)     provide for the collection of prescribed fees; and

              (ii)     prescribe different fees in respect of different classes of persons organizations or cases; and

        (d)     may confer discretions or powers or impose duties in connexion with the regulations on an owner, manager, resident or other person; and

S. 43(2)(e) amended by No. 4/2005 s. 20(2).

        (e)     may impose penalties not exceeding 20 penalty units for contravention of the regulations.

S. 44
inserted by No. 17/1999 s. 44, repealed by No. 1/2010 s. 99.

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Pt 8 (Heading and ss 45– 54) inserted by No. 4/2005 s. 21.

Part 8—Transitional

S. 45 inserted by No. 4/2005 s. 21.