267. Registered by-laws incomplete | ballot for committee | win for disability access
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This week:
- Reena wonders if renovation works by-laws registered without annexed plans are still valid
- I share a listener challenge around hotly contested committee elections
- Reena has her “biggest win since we started the podcast” and
- I help an owner achieve disability access in their building
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- Section 34 – Acting members of strata committee – Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW)
- Section 31 – Subsection 4 – Persons who are eligible to be appointed or elected to strata committee
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Under s 141 (3) the secretary of the OC is required to:
(3) The secretary of the owners corporation must keep a consolidated up to date copy of the by-laws for the strata scheme.
I find it interesting that consolidations are still being done because that would mean the secretary is in non compliance with s 141 since the introduction of the section.
People have asked what to do if they did not change anything at the review.
The answer was they register the by-laws in a consolidated form if for no other reason that the secretary can comply with s 141; and the purpose of consolidation was to make it a one doc download to get the by-laws.
ALSO: The button to convert a show of hands vote to a poll outcome assumes no one changes their vote.
AND: CAT Act
Part 5 Enforcement
Division 1 Compliance
71 False or misleading statements
A person must not, in any proceedings or application to the Tribunal, provide any information, or make any statement, to the Tribunal knowing that the information or statement is false or misleading in a material respect.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
OR the penalty is neither because you can expect to get away with it.