Retirement Villages Act 2003

Registration, occupation right agreements, and related requirements and rules - Other restrictions on advertising

26: Operator must ensure that advertisements are not misleading or deceptive

You could also call this:

"Retirement village ads must be honest and not misleading."

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You need to make sure advertisements for a retirement village are not misleading. The operator and promoter must take steps to ensure this before publishing an advertisement. They must follow the rules in the Fair Trading Act 1986, which you can find at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM96438.

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25: No offer of occupation or advertising unless retirement village registered, or

"Retirement villages must be registered before offering homes or advertising"

27: Occupation right agreements, or

"What you need to know about agreements to live in a retirement village"

Part 2Registration, occupation right agreements, and related requirements and rules
Other restrictions on advertising

26Operator must ensure that advertisements are not misleading or deceptive

Before any advertisement for occupation rights in a retirement village is published, the operator and promoter of the village must take all practicable steps to ensure that the advertisement is not misleading or deceptive.
Subsection (1) does not affect the obligations of the operator or promoter under the Fair Trading Act 1986.