His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Retirement Villages Act 1999.
JOHN WATKINS, M.P.,Minister for Fair Trading
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Retirement Villages Transitional Regulation 2000.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 7 January 2000.
3 Notes
The explanatory note and table of contents do not form part of this Regulation.
Part 2 Transitional provision
4 Operator’s legal costs
(1) If, after the commencement of this clause but before the commencement of section 198 of the Retirement Villages Act 1999, any legal proceedings in relation to a retirement village are commenced (being proceedings to which the operator and a resident or residents of the village are parties), the resident or residents concerned are not liable to pay any part of the operator’s costs in relation to the proceedings.(2) Subclause (1) applies whether or not the proceedings are finally determined before the commencement of section 198.(3) However, subclause (1) does not apply in respect of any costs awarded in favour of the operator and against a resident or residents of the retirement village in the legal proceedings concerned.