209Recurrent charges for optional services

209 Recurrent charges for optional services (1) A resident of a retirement village who is temporarily absent from the village for a period of at least 28 days is not liable to pay, in relation to the period over 28 days, recurrent charges for optional services.

Recurrent charges Division 10.2 (2) The liability to pay recurrent charges for optional services— (a) if the resident has moved out of the residential premises—stops on the day the resident moved out; or (b) if the resident has died—stops on the day the operator of the village is notified of the resident’s death; but (c) does not stop in relation to services provided before that day. (3) If the operator and the resident cannot agree on the proportion of recurrent charges that are payable for optional services, either party may apply to the ACAT for an order apportioning the resident’s recurrent charges between optional services and general services. (4) In subsection (3): resident includes a former occupant of residential premises in a