Question: Is the chairperson elected before each meeting? At a general meeting, you elect your strata committee, but you don’t elect the office bearers position. This is done at a committee meeting. Generally, at your first committee meeting, immediately after the annual general meeting or shortly after, you would elected office bearers. If you’ve elected…
Question: What are the requirements for owning and or residing in an over 55s strata property? Does the owner or all residents need to be over 55 to live in a retirement village? Our Strata is an over 55s or invalid property. Can a purchaser be stopped from buying a lot in a retirement village…
Question: My wife and I are co-owners. Do we really have to submit proxy forms for the other when only one of us attends a meeting? My wife and I are co-owners. My reading of the act is that if one of us is not at the meeting then the other speaks and votes for…
Question: Is there a code of conduct for owners corporations in NSW. I am especially interested in privacy regarding matters between the owners corporation and the owners. Strata Community Australia has a Code of Ethics: Code of Conduct – Strata Community Association The Privacy Act would extend to the Owners Corporation on the basis that it…
Question: Should legal representation be obtained by an Owners Corporation before applying to NCAT for a hearing for failure to comply with by-laws? Should legal representation be obtained by an Owners Corporation before applying to NCAT for a hearing for failure to comply with by-laws? At an NCAT hearing regarding continued failure to comply with…
Question: What is the decision making process for changing light fittings in common areas? I thought these changes need to go to a general meeting and that they require a special resolution. Am I correct? My question is about the decision making process of the strata committee. Our strata committee decided to change the light…
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