Australian and New Zealand Retirement Villages ... - Minter Ellison
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2009 – <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> <strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Legislation Compendium – MINTER ELLISON 9<br />
WA ACT NT NZ<br />
Current legislation <strong>and</strong> key<br />
amending legislation<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Act 1992 (WA)<br />
– commenced on 10/7/1992<br />
Current legislation <strong>and</strong> key amending<br />
legislation<br />
Fair Trading Act 1992 (ACT) – commenced on<br />
1/1/1993<br />
Current legislation <strong>and</strong> key amending<br />
legislation<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Act 1995 (NT)<br />
– commenced on 1/11/1995<br />
Current legislation <strong>and</strong> key amending<br />
legislation<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Act 2003 (NZ) – commenced in parts<br />
on 1/2/2004, 1/10/2006 <strong>and</strong> 1/5/2007<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Regulations 1992 (WA)<br />
– commenced on 10/7/1992<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Industry Code of Practice<br />
1999 (ACT) – commenced on 3/11/1999<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Regulations 1995 (NT)<br />
– commenced on 1/11/1995<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> (General) Regulations 2006 (NZ)<br />
– commenced on 1/5/2007<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code)<br />
Regulations 2009 (WA) – commenced in<br />
parts on 21/9/2009 <strong>and</strong> 1/10/2009<br />
Former legislation<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code)<br />
Regulations 1993 (WA)<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code)<br />
Regulations 1998 (WA)<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Interim<br />
Code (No 2)) Regulations 2002 (WA)<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Interim<br />
Code) Regulations 2001 (WA)<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Interim<br />
Code) Regulations 2002 (WA)<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Interim<br />
Code) Regulations 2003 (WA)<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code)<br />
Regulations 2003 (WA)<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code)<br />
Regulations 2006 (WA)<br />
Fair Trading (<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code)<br />
Amendment Regulations 2006-2007 (WA)<br />
Former legislation<br />
Nil<br />
Administration of the Code <strong>and</strong> key<br />
bodies<br />
In the ACT:<br />
• the government department administering<br />
the Code is the Department of Justice <strong>and</strong><br />
Community Safety;<br />
• the Minister with responsibility for the Act<br />
is the Attorney-General;<br />
• the agency within the department that<br />
oversees retirement villages is the Office of<br />
Regulatory Services; <strong>and</strong><br />
• the ‘Director’ given various functions <strong>and</strong><br />
powers in the Code is the Commissioner<br />
for Fair Trading appointed under Part 3 Div<br />
3.1 of the Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs)<br />
Act 1973 (ACT) (cl 1 Code; ss6, 45 <strong>and</strong><br />
Dictionary Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs)<br />
Act 1973 (ACT)<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code of Practice 1995 (NT)<br />
(appearing in Sch 2 of the <strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong><br />
Regulations 1995 (NT)) – commenced on<br />
1/11/1995<br />
Former legislation<br />
Nil<br />
Administration of the RV Act <strong>and</strong> key<br />
bodies<br />
In the NT:<br />
• the government department<br />
administering the Code is the Department<br />
of Justice;<br />
• the Minister with responsibility for the<br />
RV Act is the Minister for Justice <strong>and</strong><br />
Attorney-General;<br />
• the agency within the department that<br />
oversees retirement villages is Consumer<br />
Affairs;<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> (Fees) Regulations 2006 (NZ)<br />
– commenced on 1/5/2007<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> (Disputes Panel) Regulations 2006<br />
(NZ) – commenced on 1/10/2006<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code of Practice 2008 (NZ)<br />
– commenced on 2/10/2009<br />
Former legislation<br />
Securities Act 1978 (NZ)<br />
Securities Regulations 1983 (NZ)<br />
<strong>Retirement</strong> <strong>Villages</strong> Code of Practice 2006 (NZ) - declared<br />
invalid by the High Court on 19/12/2007<br />
Administration of the RV Act <strong>and</strong> key bodies<br />
In <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong>:<br />
• the government department administering the RV<br />
Act is the Department of Building <strong>and</strong> Housing;<br />
• the Minister with responsibility for the RV Act is the<br />
Minister for Building <strong>and</strong> Construction;
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