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Creating and Swapping Car Parks

Car parking and owners’ rights to their allocated space is a common area of dispute that body corporate committees have to deal with. The entitlement of car park rights escalates when a sale is proceeding and the lines somebody has drawn on the ground usually with good intentions don’t match the plans. With parking also…

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Group of Same Issue Motions

Current regulations that apply to motions with alternatives, or motions dealing with the same issue, have caused some contention amongst body corporate residents. In view of this, it may come as welcome news that the provisions on motions with alternatives have been removed from the new regulations that will commence on 1 March 2021. Instead,…

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If It’s Not Budgeted For, Can The Committee Spend On It?

It’s a concern that is often raised. The committee is considering spending money. The fiscal-conservative on the committee, or the lot owner who disagrees with what it is being spent on, seizes the opportunity to point out that there is no line item for the expenditure in the budgets adopted at the last AGM. They…

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Body Corporate vs Body Corporate Manager – Roles and Responsibilities

Are you unsure on the role of a body corporate manager as opposed to the body corporate? Strata Community Association (QLD) has created a guide differentiating the roles and responsibilities of body corporate managers and a body corporate. The guide can be kept as a handy reference for committee members and be distributed to owners…

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