Under the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003, the park owner must give potential home owners:
- two copies of a written contract that outlines the standard terms and conditions, and any special conditions agreed between the home owner and the park owner
- a home owner's information document which, provides important information in relation to:
- basic responsibilities and obligations of home owners
- basic responsibilities and obligations of park owners
- the process for terminating site agreements
- selling manufactured homes and transferring site agreements to a new owner
- authorising a park owner to sell a home owner´s manufactured home in the park
- procedures for paying, increasing and reducing site rent
- information on dispute resolution including any internal dispute resolution process, the home owners´ committee and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT).
- a copy of the park rules and any proposal to change park rules.
- information on dispute resolution including through any internal dispute resolution process, the home owners´ committee and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
The Act also prohibits park owners from engaging in fraudulent, misleading, unconscionable or harassing conduct in the operation of a residential park or in acting as a home owner´s agent to sell, or to negotiate the sale of a manufactured home.
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