New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1999 - SECT 190

190 Secretary may take or defend proceedings

(1) The Secretary may take or defend proceedings before a judicial body on behalf of a resident of a retirement village if--

(a) the resident has made a complaint to the Secretary, and

(b) after investigating the complaint, the Secretary is satisfied that the resident may have a right to take or defend the proceedings, and

(c) the resident consents to the Secretary's taking the proceedings.

(2) The Secretary must take or defend proceedings before a judicial body on behalf of a resident of a retirement village if--

(a) the Minister directs the Secretary to do so, and

(b) the resident consents to the Secretary's taking the proceedings.

(3) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 or any other law.