Your Role as an Owner

The four fundamental responsibilities of owners may be categorised as follows. An owner must - Abide by the Body Corporate and Community Management Act, the ...continue reading Overview

The first step to being involved in the affairs of your body corporate is to ensure the body corporate has your name and contact details. It is a statutory obligation ...continue reading Making Sure You are on the Body Corporate Roll

If you wish the body corporate to make a particular decision that you think is of benefit to you, to a group of owners, or to all owners, the proper way to have the ...continue reading Submitting a Motion

Within any body corporate's financial year the body corporate may only consider once motions regarding change to the regulation module, alteration of remuneration paid ...continue reading Motions that may not be Considered

Properly drafting a motion requires particular skill. The motion must contain a clear statement of action, and its full substance must be included in the agenda. If a ...continue reading Drafting a Motion

Subject to restrictions on the use of a proxy that the body corporate may impose by special resolution, if none of the co-owners of the lot are present, a voter has the ...continue reading Proxy

Owners should understand their responsibility for maintaining certain parts of the scheme. The following table categorizes various ...continue reading Maintenance

Owners are required to pay contributions to the body corporate to ensure it has sufficient funds to meet its financial commitments in any given body corporate financial ...continue reading Paying Contributions

For new bodies corporate, the initial instalments are set at the inaugural general meeting, and then later confirmed at the first annual general meeting. These ...continue reading Contributions for New Schemes

Contributions levied upon a lot attach to the lot, and not the individual who owns the lot. Unpaid contributions may be recovered by selling the relevant lot. It is consequently essential new owners ensure all unpaid amounts owed to the body corporate by the previous owner are paid at settlement of the purchase.