113Attendance at meetings of residents

113 Attendance at meetings of residents (1) A resident of a retirement village is not obliged to attend, or vote at, a meeting of the residents of the village. (2) A person (other than a proxy of a resident) who is not a resident of the village (including a person who occupies residential premises in the village otherwise than under a residence right) must not attend, or remain at, a meeting of the residents unless the residents at the meeting consent to the person attending the meeting. Note A person is not a proxy for a resident unless the person is appointed under s 116 (see s 116 (3)). (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the operator of a retirement village, or a representative of the operator, during the annual management meeting of the village. (4) An operator or representative who is attending a meeting of the residents (with the residents’ consent), or attending an annual management meeting of the village, must leave the meeting during any vote that is taken by the residents at the meeting, but may return to the meeting after the vote. (5) Despite subsection (2), a person may attend a meeting of the residents of a retirement village and vote at the meeting on behalf of a resident if the person— (a) is authorised to do so under a power of attorney given in favour of the person by the resident; or

(b) is a person appointed under the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991 as guardian for the resident.