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Spedding v The Owners – Units Plan 3941 (Unit Titles) [2022] ACAT 49

by Allison | Jun 21, 2022 | ACT, Case Review, News & Publications, Rules, Strata Disputes

The issue in this case was whether reduced quorum decisions made at an annual general meeting held on 16 December 2021 took effect where the owners corporation gave notice of the reduced quorum decisions to unit owners on 4 January 2022, that is, more than seven...

What is a Qualified Request? If I make a Qualified Request is The Owners Corporation Able to Charge me for the Cost of Organising and Holding the Meeting?

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...

New Strata and Community Title specific COVID Regulations

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...

Strata Managers Beware: Postal service deeming provisions have changed!

by Allison | Dec 7, 2018 | By-Laws, Fact Sheets, Levies, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News, Strata Disputes

Strata managers need to be aware of this key change if serving notices by post. Section 160 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) has recently been amended. Instead of being deemed served four working days after the item has been posted, the item is now deemed served after...

ACT Fact Sheet 3 – Notice Requirements: Sample Calculation

by Chris | Mar 27, 2015 | ACT, Factsheets, Recent News

To download the Fact Sheet, click here ACT Fact Sheet 3
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