Retirement Villages (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2024 (SA)

South Australia Retirement Villages (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2024 A Bill For An Act to amend the Retirement Villages Act 2016.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement Part 2—Amendment of Retirement Villages Act 2016 3 Amendment of section 4—Interpretation 4 Amendment of section 5—Application of Act 5 Amendment of section 7—Registrar's functions 6 Amendment of section 8—Registrar's power to require information 7 Substitution of section 9 9 Confidential information 8 Amendment of section 11—Annual report 9 Amendment of section 12—Register 10 Amendment of section 13—Notification of information required for register 11 Amendment of section 14—Appointment of authorised officers 12 Amendment of section 15—Identification of authorised officers 13 Amendment of section 16—General powers of authorised officers 14 Substitution of sections 20 and 21 20 Residence contracts 21 Disclosure statements 15 Amendment of section 22—Information to be provided before residence contract entered into 16 Substitution of section 23 23 Premises condition report 17 Amendment of section 24—Rights in relation to contract etc 18 Amendment of section 25—Offences 19 Insertion of section 25A 25A Residence contract holding deposits 20 Amendment of section 27—Exit entitlements 21 Amendment of section 28—Payment of capital fund contributions deducted from exit entitlement 22 Amendment of section 29—Arrangements if resident is absent or leaves 23 Amendment of section 30—Arrangements if resident leaves to enter residential aged care facility 24 Amendment of section 31—Certain taxes, costs and charges must not be charged to residents 25 Insertion of section 31A 31A Recurrent charges 26 Repeal of section 32 27 Amendment of section 33—Convening meetings of residents 28 Amendment of section 34—Proceedings at meetings 29 Amendment of section 36—Consultation with new operator 30 Amendment of section 39—Mandatory consultation with residents' committee in relation to annual budget 31 Substitution of section 41 41 Residence rules 32 Amendment of section 42—Documents to be supplied to residents 33 Insertion of sections 43A and 43B 43A Duty of operator to ensure common areas reasonably safe 43B Prescribed alterations 34 Amendment of section 44—Termination of residents' rights 35 Amendment of section 45—Dispute resolution policy 36 Amendment of section 46—Application to Tribunal 37 Substitution of section 57 57 Lease of land in retirement village for residential purposes 57A Lease of land in retirement village for commercial purposes 57B Offences relating to leases etc 57C Duty to insure 57D Notice of proposal to terminate retirement village scheme 38 Amendment of section 58—Termination of retirement village scheme on application to Supreme Court 39 Amendment of section 59—Voluntary termination of retirement village scheme 40 Insertion of section 59A 59A Termination of part of retirement village scheme on application to Minister 41 Substitution of section 60 60 Disqualified persons not to be involved in certain roles or functions at retirement village 42 Amendment of section 63—Codes of conduct 43 Insertion of section 63A 63A Duty of operator to provide staff training 44 Insertion of section 64A 64A Enforceable voluntary undertakings 45 Amendment of section 65—Offences 46 Insertions of sections 65A and 65B 65A Limitation period for prosecutions 65B Publication in public interest 47 Amendment of section 68—Review of Act 48 Amendment of section 69—Regulations Schedule 1—Transitional provisions 1 Interpretation 2 Residence contracts 3 Disclosure statements 4 Residence contract holding deposits 5 Exit entitlements 6 Capital fund contributions 7 Recurrent charges 8 Application to Tribunal for resolution of retirement village dispute 9 Limitation period for prosecutions