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Retirement Villages Act 1986
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20 Resident to be given certain information
S. 20(1) amended by No. 2/2013 s. 6.
(1) A person who includes in a disclosure statement, a factsheet or a document relating to the retirement village prescribed for the purposes of section 18B(1) a statement which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
S. 20(2) amended by No. 4/2005 s. 6(1), repealed by No. 50/2014 s. 45.
(3) If asked by a resident, an owner or owner's agent of a retirement village must give to a resident information concerning the retirement village which the resident reasonably requires and the owner or agent is able to give.
(4) A person who under subsection (3) gives information to a resident which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
S. 20(5) amended by No. 4/2005 s. 6(2).
(5) In this section and in sections 21, 21A and 23 ***owner*** includes manager.