New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1999 - SECT 74

74 Meetings of residents

(1) The residents of a retirement village have the right to meet for the purpose of considering and voting on--

(a) any matter in respect of which the consent of the residents is required under this Act, and

(b) any other matter affecting the management and operation of the village, and

(c) any matter prescribed by the regulations.

(2) A vote of the residents on a matter referred to in subsection (1) (b) does not bind the operator of the village.

(3) If 2 or more residents occupy the same residential premises in the village, each of them may vote on a matter referred to in subsection (1).

(4) The operator of the retirement village must not interfere with a resident's rights under this section.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(5) A meeting of residents must not be held simultaneously with a meeting that the residents, in another capacity, are required to hold or participate in under another Act.

Note : An example of such a meeting is a meeting required by the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (if the retirement village is subject to a strata scheme).