112AMeetings of residents—methods of communication

112A Meetings of residents—methods of communication (1) This section applies to a meeting of residents of a retirement village mentioned in section 112 (1). (2) The residents committee may authorise that the meeting be held using a method of communication, or a combination of methods of communication, that allows a resident taking part to hear or otherwise know what each other resident taking part says without the residents being in each other’s presence. a phone link, a satellite link, an internet or intranet link, in writing (3) If there is no residents committee for a retirement village, the residents of the village may make an authorisation under subsection (2) if requested to do so by— (a) for a village with fewer than 10 occupied residential premises— residents from a majority of the occupied residential premises; or

(b) for a village with 10 or more occupied residential premises—the greater of— (i) 5 residents of the village; and (ii) 10% of the residents of the village. (4) A person who takes part in a meeting conducted under subsection (2) is taken, for all purposes, to be present at the meeting.