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Legislation Amendment Bill – Temporary Financial Relief Measures

Earlier this week, the Justice and Other Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament to amend provisions of the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (BCCMA) and has passed last night. The purpose of the amendment bill is to “provide measures to alleviate the financial burden caused by the COVID-19 emergency on…

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Best Practice Guide for Roadmap Stage 1

Queensland Health released the latest Non-essential business, activity and undertaking Closure Direction (No.9) on 8th May and following the Premier’s announcement of the Stage 1 easing of restrictions, we are awaiting the details of the restrictions. However, as of 13 May 2020, SCA (Qld) has released a  guide to make recommendations on the best practice based on…

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Reopening pools in a body corporate because of COVID-19

Pools can now be reopened after 15 May 2020. The Queensland Government has released its roadmap to easing restrictions. As part of that roadmap, the first stage includes a number of relaxations to take place from 11:59pm 15 May 2020, including gatherings of up to 10 people in pools.   Why can pools be reopened?…

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LEGISLATION – Who Makes it?

Hands up anyone who has ever had a burning desire to better understand what ‘legislation’ actually is and how it gets made? On the assumption there is a sea of raised hands, I present to you a brief – I promise you, there is much, much more that can be said about legislation – Q…

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