Government Policy

Ageing Australia makes submission on WA Retirement Villages Act review

Mar 17 2025 Updated 18 hours ago

Ian Horswill

1 min read

Mark Prosser, the peak body's Director Retirement Living & Seniors Housing, has made a submission to the final of four consultation papers to implement recommendations from the Statutory Review of Retirement Villages Legislation Final Report (2010) in the state.

The Retirement Village Regulations Consultation Paper #4 covers:

Part 18: Identifying retirement village land and providing for additional uses;

Part 19: New village change process;

Part 20: Pre-residence issues;

Part 21: Application of RV Act to residential aged care facilities, and

Part 22: Feedback on other issues.

Mark expresses concern about

the payment of exit entitlements;

the interest rate on recurrent charges;

operator’s payment of exit entitlement for aged care;

renovation of premises,

and property condition reports.

Read his submission in full here

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