Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A scheme operator must not exercise or purport to exercise a power conferred on, or exercisable by, the scheme operator under a limited, general or enduring power of attorney given by a resident of the retirement village in favour of the scheme operator.
Maximum penalty—540 penalty units.
(2) However, the scheme operator does not contravene subsection (1) if—
(a) the resident is a spouse or other relative of the scheme operator; or
(b) the scheme operator exercises, or purports to exercise, a power of attorney given to the operator by the resident to execute a surrender of a registered lease in favour of the resident over an accommodation unit after the resident's residence contract has been lawfully terminated under this Act; or
(c) the resident gives the power of attorney under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997, section 211 or 219.