Retirement Villages Act 2003

Registration, occupation right agreements, and related requirements and rules - Code of residents' rights

32: Retirement villages to have code of residents' rights

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"Retirement villages must have a list of your basic rights"

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You have rights when you live in a retirement village. The code of residents' rights is a list of your minimum rights under the Retirement Villages Act 2003, which can be found in Schedule 4. This code does not apply to health or disability services that are covered by the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994.

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31: Occupation right agreement voidable, or

"You can cancel your retirement village contract if it's unfair or broken, and get your money back."

33: Distribution of code of residents' rights, or

"Getting a copy of your rights when living in a retirement village"

Part 2Registration, occupation right agreements, and related requirements and rules
Code of residents' rights

32Retirement villages to have code of residents' rights

The code of residents' rights set out in Schedule 4 is a summary of the minimum rights conferred on a resident of a retirement village by this Act.
Nothing in the code of residents' rights applies to any health services or disability services or any facilities to which the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 applies.