New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1999 - SECT 59A

59A Operator to provide emergency and home care service vehicles access to retirement village

The operator of a retirement village must take all reasonable steps to ensure that--

(a) emergency and home care service personnel have unimpeded vehicular access to the residential premises in the village at all times, both by day and by night, and

(b) the residents of the village, and local emergency and home care service agencies, are consulted and kept informed about any arrangements made to secure that access.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.