New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1999 - SECT 84

84 Application for order appointing administrator

(1) The Secretary may apply to the Supreme Court, in accordance with the rules of the Court, for an order appointing a specified person as an administrator of a retirement village--

(a) to exercise all the functions of the operator of the retirement village, or

(b) to exercise specified functions of the operator, or

(c) to exercise all the functions other than specified functions of the operator.

(2) The Secretary may apply for an order under this section only if--

(a) the Secretary is of the opinion that the well-being or financial security of the residents of the retirement village concerned has been, or is likely to be, seriously affected by the continued operation of the retirement village by the operator, or

(b) the Secretary is of the opinion that the operator of the retirement village concerned is wilfully and repeatedly acting in contravention of an order made by the Tribunal or a court in relation to the retirement village, or

(c) the retirement village concerned is the subject of an existing order under this section.

(3) For the purposes of determining whether an application for an order under this section should be made, the Secretary may appoint a person to inquire into, and report to the Secretary on, the well-being and financial security of the residents of a retirement village.