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Amended WARVRA Rules of Association May 17, 2024
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RETIREMENT VILLAGES RESIDENTS
ASSOCIATION INC
RULES OF ASSOCIATION
(Commonly referred to as the Constitution)
1. NAME OF ASSOCIATION
The name of the Association is “Western Australian Retirement Villages Residents Association
Inc”.
2. DEFINITIONS
In these Rules unless the contrary intention appears:
• Annual Subscription - the amount paid annually by villages for residents to make
application for membership, and by residents to individually make application for
membership;
• Ballot – ordinary members casting a vote in a written form;
• Council – The Management Committee required by the Act, as set out in Rule10 that is
the body responsible for the management of the affairs of the Association.
• Councillor – means a member of the Council as set out in Rule 10.
• Executive – the Office Holders of the Association - being the President, Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer as set out in Rule10
• Financial Year - the period commencing on 1 July and ending on 30th June in the
following year;
• General Meeting - a meeting of the Association to which all members are invited;
• Ordinary member - voting member with rights referred to in Rule 5.3
• Ordinary councillor.-a councillor who is not an office holder under Rule 10
• Office Holder - A person holding office on the Council as set out in Rule10.
• Ordinary Resolution - a resolution other than a special resolution.
• Special Resolution - a resolution passed by a majority of not less than three-quarters of
all ordinary members who vote in person or by proxy at a General Meeting of which
notice specifying the intention to propose a resolution as a special resolution has been
given.
• The Act - the Associations Incorporations Act 2015;
• The Association - the Western Australian Retirement Villages Residents Association Inc;
• The Chairperson - the person presiding at a General or Council Meeting;
• The Commissioner - the Commissioner for Consumer Protection exercising powers
under the Act.
3. OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION
3.1 The objects and purposes of the Association are:
(a) to provide a forum where residents can express their concerns and share their
experiences of living in a retirement village.
(b) to assist residents in living in and participating in the day to day operations of their
retirement village;
(c) to resource, support and provide training opportunities for resident committees in
villages to enhance village life including relationships with management and operators;
(d) to act as an advocate on behalf of residents and to lobby for changes beneficial to
residents; and
(e) to do such other things and acts that advance the interests of residents in
retirement villages.
Amended WARVRA Rules of Association May 17, 2024
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RETIREMENT VILLAGES RESIDENTS
ASSOCIATION INC
RULES OF ASSOCIATION
(Commonly referred to as the Constitution)
1. NAME OF ASSOCIATION
The name of the Association is “Western Australian Retirement Villages Residents Association
Inc”.
2. DEFINITIONS
In these Rules unless the contrary intention appears:
• Annual Subscription - the amount paid annually by villages for residents to make
application for membership, and by residents to individually make application for
membership;
• Ballot – ordinary members casting a vote in a written form;
• Council – The Management Committee required by the Act, as set out in Rule10 that is
the body responsible for the management of the affairs of the Association.
• Councillor – means a member of the Council as set out in Rule 10.
• Executive – the Office Holders of the Association - being the President, Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer as set out in Rule10
• Financial Year - the period commencing on 1 July and ending on 30th June in the
following year;
• General Meeting - a meeting of the Association to which all members are invited;
• Ordinary member - voting member with rights referred to in Rule 5.3
• Ordinary councillor.-a councillor who is not an office holder under Rule 10
• Office Holder - A person holding office on the Council as set out in Rule10.
• Ordinary Resolution - a resolution other than a special resolution.
• Special Resolution - a resolution passed by a majority of not less than three-quarters of
all ordinary members who vote in person or by proxy at a General Meeting of which
notice specifying the intention to propose a resolution as a special resolution has been
given.
• The Act - the Associations Incorporations Act 2015;
• The Association - the Western Australian Retirement Villages Residents Association Inc;
• The Chairperson - the person presiding at a General or Council Meeting;
• The Commissioner - the Commissioner for Consumer Protection exercising powers
under the Act.
3. OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION
3.1 The objects and purposes of the Association are:
(a) to provide a forum where residents can express their concerns and share their
experiences of living in a retirement village.
(b) to assist residents in living in and participating in the day to day operations of their
retirement village;
(c) to resource, support and provide training opportunities for resident committees in
villages to enhance village life including relationships with management and operators;
(d) to act as an advocate on behalf of residents and to lobby for changes beneficial to
residents; and
(e) to do such other things and acts that advance the interests of residents in
retirement villages.
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