By-laws remain one of the most consistent types of enquiry we get every day and the enquirers are a very broad church. These enquiries include: – Owners wanting to know what to do about their body corporate breaching them – Resident managers about whether they can enforce by-laws (which they shouldn’t) – Bodies corporate wanting…
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We previously summarised the new body corporate regulations commencing on 1 March 2021. One group of changes includes a number of committee eligibility and election changes. This article delves a little more into the detail of those changes. Co-owners and committee eligibility Previously the regulation module provided that: Unless otherwise permitted under this regulation, only…
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Right of access to lots Many bodies corporate are mistaken about their rights to access lots. There is a right to access a lot only for specific purposes and in accordance with the Act. If you want to read an appeal decision about whether a body corporate acted reasonably in accessing a lot, then read…
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Approving Improvements – Part 2 Owners In Part 1 of our approving common property improvements series, we covered everything you need to know when it is the Body Corporate that wants to authorise its own improvement and the process it must follow, which can be reviewed here. We will now review the varying scenarios for…
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The terms “swapping”, “trans-positioning” or “re-allocating” are commonly used to describe changes to exclusive use car park area rights in a strata scheme. There are formal steps that are required to be completed to properly record the change. Completing these steps will ensure that you don’t get any surprises about your rights to use your…
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