16Advertising or promoting village before development

16 Advertising or promoting village before development approval given (1) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person— (i) advertises, or otherwise promotes, a retirement village; or (ii) advertises the sale of residential premises, or the right to occupy residential premises, in a retirement village; and (b) the development of the retirement village requires development approval; and (c) development approval has not been received for the development of the retirement village; and (d) the advertisement or other promotion mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) or (ii) does not disclose to a prospective resident that development approval has not been received for development of the retirement village. Note See the Planning Act 2023, ch 7 for when development approval is required for certain developments. (2) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person enters into a village contract for a retirement village with a prospective resident; and (b) the development of the retirement village requires development approval; and

(c) development approval has not been received for the development of the retirement village.