NSW Q: Can lot owners who perform the management and maintenance duties in our self managed building pay lower levies as compensation for their volunteered time?
VIC Q: Our small Owners corporation employs a casual gardener for 4 hours a week. Is a casual worker with these types of duties an ‘authorised worker’ and therefore required to be vaccinated?
Michelle Ang and Coral Shamir,
Bugden Allen Graham Lawyers
WA Q: Can a unit in a Retirement Village for over 55’s be rented out as short stay? The apartment is being rented out during holiday periods via platforms such as Airbnb. People letting the premises are not always over 55 or retired.
Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management From time to time, a body corporate may for various reasons decide to remove a committee member from office. In this article, we outline the ways that the body corporate can achieve this.
WA: First Strata Manager Annual Return Due by 31 March 2022
Landgate Amendments to the STA introduced the requirement for strata managers to lodge a periodic return to Landgate with general information about the schemes they manage.
NSW: New Annual Reporting Rules for Strata Schemes
Adrian Mueller, JS Mueller & Co Lawyers Commencing June 2022, all NSW owners corporations will be required to provide key details about their scheme, including building, safety and management information.
This article is about the owners corporation’s obligation to repair and maintain common property. Q&As include questions such as "Should the Strata Manager Advise the Owners Corporation to Upkeep and Repair Common Property?"
This article tackles questions from our QLD audience including: "Our body corporate makes decisions that might be unpopular but necessary. Is there any obligation for a body corporate to always act or make a decision for the majority of owners?"
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