7Meaning of operator

7 Meaning of operator operator, of a retirement village— (a) means the person who, alone or with someone else, manages or controls the retirement village; and (b) includes— (i) a person for the time being managing or controlling the (ii) a person (other than a resident or other person mentioned in section 8 (Meaning of residence right) who owns land in the village; and

(iii) a person mentioned in section 15A (1) (d) (Application to residents and operators of former retirement villages); and (iv) any other person prescribed by regulation; but Note Power to make a regulation in relation to a matter includes power to make provision in relation to a class of matter (see Legislation Act, s 48 (2)). (c) does not include— (i) the body corporate of a community title scheme or the owners corporation for a units plan; or (ii) the managing agent of a community title scheme or units (iii) any person excluded from this definition by regulation. (2) If there is more than 1 operator for a retirement village, it is sufficient compliance with a requirement of this Act if— (a) any of the operators exercises the functions of an operator under this Act; and (b) any notice or other document required to be given to the operator under this Act is given to any of the operators. Note 1 A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments Note 2 For how documents may be given, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5. body corporate, of a community title scheme—see the Community Title Act 2001, dictionary.