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MANUFACTURED HOMES (RESIDENTIAL PARKS) ACT 2003 - SECT 4
Objects of Act
4 Objects of Act
(1) The main object of this Act is to regulate, and promote fair trading
practices in, the operation of residential parks— (a) to protect home owners
from unfair business practices; and
(b) to enable home owners, and
prospective home owners, to make informed choices by being fully aware of
their rights and responsibilities in their relationship with park owners.
(2)
The main object is achieved by— (a) declaring particular rights and
obligations of the park owner, and home owners, for a residential park; and
(b) facilitating the disclosure of information about a residential park, and
this Act, to a prospective home owner for a site; and
(c) regulating— (i)
the making, content, assignment and ending of a site agreement; and
(ii) the
sale of an abandoned manufactured home positioned on a site in a
residential park; and
(iii) the variation of site rent; and
(d) facilitating
participation by home owners for a residential park in the affairs of the
park; and
(e) providing ways of resolving a residential park dispute.
(3)
The following are also important objects of this Act— (a) encouraging the
continued growth and viability of the residential park industry in the State;
(b) providing a clear regulatory framework to ensure certainty for the
residential park industry in planning for future expansion.
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