by Cameron Shaw | Nov 20, 2017
Section 141(3) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) requires that: The secretary of the owners corporation must keep a consolidated up to date copy of the by-laws for the strata scheme. This provision came into effect when the 2015 Act came into force on 30...
by Cameron Shaw | Nov 18, 2017
Under the standard NSW Law Society contract for the sale and purchase of land when a property is sold in NSW it is given either “subject to existing tenancies” (where there is a leasehold tenant) or with “vacant possession”. Vacant possession is a term from the...
by Cameron Shaw | Nov 10, 2017
To elect an officer of the strata committee, a strata committee meeting must be called in which committee members are nominated as officers and a ballot is held. Regulation 11 in the Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 states that any member of the...
by Cameron Shaw | Nov 10, 2017
Section 45 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) provides five ways that an officer’s position can become vacant: Firstly, the person is no longer a member of the strata committee (for example if the officer has sold their lot in the strata scheme);...
by Cameron Shaw | Nov 10, 2017
Schedule 2, clauses 4 and 5 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) provides two ways to call for a strata committee meeting: The secretary convenes one at any time; and One third of the committee members ask for one to be held. Every member of the...
