by Allison | Sep 29, 2020 | Fact Sheets, News & Publications, NSW, Rules
When will you encounter BMCs? You will find Building Management Committees (“BMCs”) in stratum developments (also called part strata plan developments). Land can be subdivided by a strata plan or by a part strata plans. In subdivision by a strata plan, the land and...
by Allison | Aug 27, 2020 | Fact Sheets, News & Publications, NSW, Rules
Sections 19(2) to 19(4) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (the Act) deal with qualified requests. A request is a qualified request if it is made by one or more owners of a lot or lots in the strata scheme which have a total unit entitlement of at least...
by Allison | Jul 29, 2020 | Fact Sheets, Factsheets, Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Strata Disputes
What strata owners should expect from their strata managers and what services are and are not included as part of a strata manager’s duties can be a heated topic. The Acts dealing with a strata manager’s functions are analysed below. Under section 3 of the Property...
by Allison | Jun 17, 2020 | Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
Thanks to the Strata Schemes Management Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation 2020, the new section 271A of Strata Schemes Management Act 2020, the Community Lands Amendment (COVID-19) Regulations 20202 and the new section 122A of the Community Lands Management Act 1989, it...
by Allison | Jun 5, 2020 | ACT, News & Publications, Recent News
On 30 April 2020 sections 3 and 111 of the Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020 commenced (the remaining provisions of the Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020 will commence on 1 November 2020) and the Unit Titles (Management) Amendment Regulation 2020 (No...