38BMaintenance charges—former non-owner residents

38B Maintenance charges—former non-owner residents (1) The liability of a former non-owner resident of premises in a retirement village for maintenance charges that arise on or after the time at which the former non-owner resident ceased to occupy the premises, ceases on— (a) the date on which another person enters into a management contract with the manager for the premises; or (b) the date on which a person takes up residence in the premises with the consent of the manager; or (c) the date that is 6 months after the date on which the former non-owner resident otherwise delivers up vacant possession of the premises— whichever date occurs first, or any earlier date that the former non-owner resident and the manager may agree on. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the contract under which the non-owner resident pays maintenance charges provides for an earlier cessation of liability for the payment of maintenance charges. S. 38B(3) amended by No. 23/2016 s. 32. (3) In this section ***former non-owner resident***, in relation to a retirement village, means a person who was a non-owner resident of the village but who has ceased to be such a resident. Pt 6A Div. 2 (Heading and ss 38C, 38D) inserted by No. 4/2005 s. 16.