New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1999 - SECT 9

9 "Consent" of residents

(1) Schedule 1 provides for the way in which the residents of a retirement village give their consent to a proposed measure or action relating to the village for the purposes of this Act or the regulations.

(2) If a resident or the operator of a retirement village considers that--

(a) the residents' consent to a particular measure or action has been obtained otherwise than as provided for by Schedule 1, or

(b) the votes of the residents were inaccurately counted,

the resident or operator concerned may apply to the Tribunal for an order as to the validity of the consent.

(3) On an application made to it under this section, the Tribunal may make an order--

(a) declaring the consent to have been validly obtained, or

(b) voiding the purported consent and directing that the residents vote again on the proposed measure or action.