(1) A person may hold the same office on the residents committee of a retirement village for more than 3 consecutive years if—
(a) the retirement village has fewer than 20 residents; or
(b) the annual budget of the retirement village is less than $50 000.
(2) Subsection (1) does not allow a person to hold the same office on a residents committee for more than 3 consecutive years if the director-general—
(a) has written to the residents committee objecting—
(i) generally to any person holding the same office on the committee for more than 3 consecutive years; or
(ii) to a stated person holding the same office for more than 3 consecutive years; and
(b) has not written to the residents committee to withdraw the objection.
(3) In this section:
"hold the same office", on a residents committee of a retirement village, includes to hold an office performing the same (or substantially the same) functions on the committee.