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Understanding the implications of removing interior walls and the legal requirements for structural alterations within sectional title units.
Learn about the legal implications of extending exclusive use area balconies over common property and their effect on participation quotas.
Learn the step-by-step process for enclosing common property including trustee notice requirements and owner approval procedures.
Understanding the severity of audit findings including non-holding of AGM, lack of building valuation, and financial record issues.
Understanding the 6-year minimum retention period for financial records under Management Rule 26(3) and best practices for other documents.
Learn whether a body corporate can cancel its building insurance policy and allow individual owners to take out private insurance instead.
Learn whether trustees can change insurance providers or if this decision must be made by owners at an annual general meeting.
Learn whether trustees can authorise the use of reserve funds to pay municipal bills during cash flow shortages.
Learn how levies are calculated using participation quotas and discover alternative methods through special resolutions under STSMA Section 3 and 11.
Comprehensive guide to levy increases including ordinary levies, special contributions, the 10% temporary increase rule, and reserve fund requirements.
Learn whether percentage-based receipting fees charged by managing agents are legally compliant and what the legislation says about fair and equal treatment of owners.
Learn about owner remedies when trustees misuse reserve funds for operating expenses and refuse to provide accountability.
Learn how the two-proxy limit applies when companies and trusts appoint representatives to attend general meetings.
Learn about proxy voting in sectional title schemes including Form C requirements, the two-proxy limit, and who can be appointed as a proxy.
Learn whether a body corporate can terminate a fixed-term managing agent contract before the agreed term expires.
Learn about participation quota enforcement and repair liability in schemes without active body corporate structures.
Learn how round-robin voting works in sectional title schemes, including the legal basis, process, and minimum timeframes for written resolutions under the STSMA.
Understand the differences between ordinary, special and unanimous resolutions in sectional title schemes, including voting requirements and when each type is used.
Learn who is responsible for garage door repairs based on whether it's part of a section, exclusive use area, or common property.
Understanding undivided share in sectional title and the legal basis for owner rights to access and utilise common property.
Learn about your legal rights to access body corporate documents including the mandatory 5-10 day compliance time frames under Management Rule 27.
Understanding the defined and regulated role of trustees under the STSMA and their fiduciary duties to the body corporate.
Understanding conflict of interest requirements including disclosure, recusal obligations, and member approval under STSMA Section 8 and Management Rule 6(3).
Learn the formal process for removing an elected trustee including notice requirements, ordinary resolution procedures, and filling trustee vacancies.
Learn why trustees cannot amend or make exceptions to conduct rules without special resolution and Chief Ombud approval under STSMA Section 10(2)(b).