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RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1992 - SECT 69

69 .         Right of administering body to compensation where resident abandons premises

        (1)         If a resident of a retirement village abandons the residential premises, the resident is liable to pay compensation to the administering body of the retirement village for any loss (including loss of rent) caused by the abandonment.

        (2)         The administering body shall take all reasonable steps to mitigate the loss and is not entitled to compensation for any loss that could have been avoided by taking those steps.

        (3)         The State Administrative Tribunal may, on application by the administering body, order the resident to pay to the administering body such compensation (including compensation for loss of rent) as the State Administrative Tribunal thinks fit.

        [Section 69 amended by No. 55 of 2004 s. 1044.]



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