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Retirement Villages Act 2003

Registration, occupation right agreements, and related requirements and rules - Rights of residents in relation to occupancy right

35: No legal impediments to occupation

You could also call this:

"Retirement village operators must ensure you can live in your unit without legal issues."

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When you move into a retirement village, the people running it must make sure there are no legal problems stopping you from living in your unit. They have to check this before you start living there. The operators must ensure you can use your unit as a home without any legal issues.

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Part 2Registration, occupation right agreements, and related requirements and rules
Rights of residents in relation to occupancy right

35No legal impediments to occupation

  1. The operators of a retirement village must ensure that, at the commencement of the resident's occupation right, there is no legal impediment to the occupation of the residential unit for residential purposes.