❓ Hon Alison Xamon asks about the progress of Consumer Protection's investigation into retirement village contracts and potential legislative reforms. The Minister confirms the investigation is ongoing and a consultation paper on legislative reform is expected soon.
AnsweredQoN 1483Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the Minister's commitment made in August 2017 that Consumer Protection would undertake a proactive investigation of retirement village contracts, and I ask: (a) has the investigation been completed; (b) if yes to (a), will the Minister please table the findings; (c) if no to (a), when is the investigation due to be finalised; (d) does the Minister intend to undertake broader legislative reform in relation to retirement villages as identified as part of the 2010 statutory review of the Retirement Villages Act 1992 , and started through the Retirement Villages Act 2012 ; (e) if yes to (d), when; and (f) if no to (d), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
11 September 2018
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations
Response time
9 days
(a) No.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Consumer Protection is continuing to proactively investigate retirement village contracts and assist residents. It does not have a finalisation date for this work. Consumer Protection intends to share its learnings with other consumer protection agencies.
(d) Yes.
(e) Consumer Protection is finalising a public consultation paper on issues arising from the statutory review and changes in the sector since that time. I expect the consultation paper to be released before the end of this calendar year.
(f) Not Applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Consumer Protection is continuing to proactively investigate retirement village contracts and assist residents. It does not have a finalisation date for this work. Consumer Protection intends to share its learnings with other consumer protection agencies.
(d) Yes.
(e) Consumer Protection is finalising a public consultation paper on issues arising from the statutory review and changes in the sector since that time. I expect the consultation paper to be released before the end of this calendar year.
(f) Not Applicable.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.