by Joe | Feb 23, 2021 | Commissioner Update
During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals and organisations across all sectors have embraced the benefits of electronic technologies to help them communicate and conduct business and other activities. One of the key objectives of the new regulations is to help...
by Joe | Jan 19, 2021 | Commissioner Update
If maintenance work is above the Committee Spending Limit, set at $200.00 x the number of lots unless this has been changed at a General Meeting, and is required to be included as a motion at a General Meeting, whether Annual General Meeting (AGM) or Extraordinary...
by Joe | Jan 19, 2021 | Commissioner Update
The Government has announced the COVID-19 emergency arrangements for bodies corporate will be extended to 30 April 2021, or an earlier date as decided by the Government. This is in recognition of the ongoing impacts of the pandemic on community titles schemes in...
by Joe | Dec 4, 2020 | Commissioner Update
We have a number of owners in our body corporate who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. They were already overdue prior to the pandemic. It is coming up to 2 years since they have paid levies. Do we have to commence debt recovery against them?No, usual obligations...
by Joe | Nov 25, 2020 | Commissioner Update
What is the role of the Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management? The Office provides two functions: information and dispute resolution services under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (“the Act”). The dispute...
by Joe | Nov 2, 2020 | Commissioner Update
Either a body corporate or an owner may wish to install CCTV in a community titles scheme. Naturally, such a wish might raise several questions about body corporate and owner responsibility, as well as concerns about recording and privacy. While legal advice might be...
