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Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003
sec.87APark owner not to restrict a visitor of a home owner or other resident
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### sec.87A Park owner not to restrict a visitor of a home owner or other resident
The park owner for a residential park must not restrict a visitor in visiting a home owner or other resident at the site or in a common area in the park, if the visitor—
is providing, or intending to provide, a health or community service to the home owner or other resident; and
is suitably qualified to provide the service.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
The park owner for a residential park must not restrict a visitor, other than a visitor mentioned in subsection (1) , in visiting a home owner or other resident at the site or in a common area in the park, unless the park owner has a reasonable excuse.
A park owner may have a reasonable excuse to restrict a visitor in visiting a home owner or other resident if the visitor was interfering with the reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of another home owner or resident of the park.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
In this section—
health or community service means a service that is, or purports to be, a service for maintaining, improving, restoring or managing a person’s health or general wellbeing.
medical services
ambulance services
community care services, including, for example, providing meals, personal care or domestic assistance
welfare services, including, for example, counselling
delivering medicine or other goods or providing transport to a person incidental to another health or community service
site , in relation to a home owner or other resident of a residential park, means the site in the residential park where the home owner or other resident lives.
suitably qualified person , to provide a health or community service, means having, or appearing to have, the qualifications, experience or standing suitable for providing the service.
a medical practitioner
an ambulance officer
a community nurse
a social worker
visitor , for a home owner or other resident of a residential park, means a person who—
has the consent of the home owner or other resident to enter the site or the common areas in the residential park; or
intends to provide a health or community service in situations where consent can not be reasonably obtained from the home owner or other resident.
s 87A ins 2017 No. 42 s 45
(sec.87A-ssec.1) The park owner for a residential park must not restrict a visitor in visiting a home owner or other resident at the site or in a common area in the park, if the visitor— is providing, or intending to provide, a health or community service to the home owner or other resident; and is suitably qualified to provide the service. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.87A-ssec.2) The park owner for a residential park must not restrict a visitor, other than a visitor mentioned in subsection (1) , in visiting a home owner or other resident at the site or in a common area in the park, unless the park owner has a reasonable excuse. A park owner may have a reasonable excuse to restrict a visitor in visiting a home owner or other resident if the visitor was interfering with the reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of another home owner or resident of the park. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.87A-ssec.3) In this section— health or community service means a service that is, or purports to be, a service for maintaining, improving, restoring or managing a person’s health or general wellbeing. medical services ambulance services community care services, including, for example, providing meals, personal care or domestic assistance welfare services, including, for example, counselling delivering medicine or other goods or providing transport to a person incidental to another health or community service site , in relation to a home owner or other resident of a residential park, means the site in the residential park where the home owner or other resident lives. suitably qualified person , to provide a health or community service, means having, or appearing to have, the qualifications, experience or standing suitable for providing the service. a medical practitioner an ambulance officer a community nurse a social worker visitor , for a home owner or other resident of a residential park, means a person who— has the consent of the home owner or other resident to enter the site or the common areas in the residential park; or intends to provide a health or community service in situations where consent can not be reasonably obtained from the home owner or other resident.
- (a) is providing, or intending to provide, a health or community service to the home owner or other resident; and
- (b) is suitably qualified to provide the service.
- • medical services
- • ambulance services
- • community care services, including, for example, providing meals, personal care or domestic assistance
- • welfare services, including, for example, counselling
- • delivering medicine or other goods or providing transport to a person incidental to another health or community service
- • a medical practitioner
- • an ambulance officer
- • a community nurse
- • a social worker
- (a) has the consent of the home owner or other resident to enter the site or the common areas in the residential park; or
- (b) intends to provide a health or community service in situations where consent can not be reasonably obtained from the home owner or other resident.