by Chris | Mar 6, 2017 | NSW, Recent News
Strata Community Australia recently released a Strata Data update. According to the update at 15 February 2017 there were 821,044 lots registered with the NSW Land and Property Information. To give a comparison in September 2016 the LPI recorded 808,376 lots in NSW....
by Chris | Mar 2, 2017 | Levies, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
The owners corporation is responsible for recovering unpaid contributions levied against owners. The Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (the Act) came into force after 30 November 2016 and introduced some important changes to the levy recovery process. Pursuant to...
by Chris | Mar 2, 2017 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW
The commencement of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (the new Act) on 30 November 2016 means that schemes are now required to keep a consolidated list of the by-laws in force for their scheme and register the consolidated list with any new change of by-law. As...
by Chris | Mar 2, 2017 | ACT, News & Publications
The reason the ACT is virtually unique in Australia arises from the idea that as a city develops, the value of land increases. Such was the concern that landholders and particularly land speculators (who had done nothing to create the increase in value) would benefit,...
by Chris | Mar 2, 2017 | ACT, Levies, News & Publications
From 15 December 2016 the civil dispute jurisdiction of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) has increased from $10,000 to $25,000. This means that owners corporations seeking debt recovery of up to $25,000 may proceed in ACAT rather than in the ACT...
