Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) The operator of a retirement village commits an offence if the operator fails to deal with uncollected goods of a former occupant of the village (other than goods mentioned in section 49 (1)) in accordance with this section.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
(3) The operator must leave the goods in the residential premises, or store them in a secure place for at least 30 days after—
(a) the day the operator issued a notice under the Act
, section 203 (2) (Disposal of uncollected goods); or
(b) if the operator does not have a forwarding address for the former occupant (or the address of the executor or administrator of the estate of the former occupant)—
(i) if the former occupant's residence contract was ended on an ACAT order—the day the former occupant vacated the residential premises; or
(ii) in any other case—the day the former occupant's residence contract was ended.