New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1999 - SECT 92

92 Interpretation

(1) In this Division, an item of capital for which an operator of a retirement village is responsible means any item of capital within the retirement village other than an item of capital--

(a) that is owned by a resident of the retirement village, or

(b) that is association property under a community land scheme or common property under a strata scheme, or

(c) that is of a class prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(2) For the purposes of this Division, maintenance or replacement of an item of capital is urgent if it is for the purpose of rectifying any of the following--

(a) a burst water service,

(b) a blocked or broken lavatory service,

(c) a serious roof leak,

(d) a gas leak,

(e) a dangerous electrical fault,

(f) flooding or serious flood damage,

(g) serious storm or fire damage,

(h) a failure or breakdown of the gas, electricity or water supply to residential premises within the retirement village,

(i) a failure or breakdown of any essential service on the residential premises for hot water, cooking, heating or laundering,

(j) any fault or damage that causes the retirement village to be unsafe or insecure,

(k) any other matter prescribed by the regulations.