28Information to be given to prospective residents

28 Information to be given to prospective residents (1) The director-general may approve the form and content of information that the operator of a retirement village must give to a prospective resident of the retirement village. (2) An approval is a notifiable instrument. (3) Without limiting subsection (1), the information approved by the director-general may relate to any of the following: (a) the retirement industry generally; (b) the rights and responsibilities of residents of retirement villages; (c) living in a unit of a units plan. (4) The operator must give the approved information in the approved form to a prospective resident when, or before, the general inquiry document is given to the prospective resident. (5) The operator commits an offence if the operator does not comply with subsection (4).

(6) An offence against subsection (5) is a strict liability offence.