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STRATA TITLES ACT 1985
ACT 318
(Amendment enforced from 12 April 2007)

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PART IXA - STRATA TITLES BOARD
 

67H. Order revoking amendment of by-laws.

67I. Order invalidating purported by-law.

67J. Power of Board to invalidate proceedings.

67K. Order varying certain rates of interest.

67L. Order where voting rights denied or due notice of item of business not given.

67M. Order varying amount of insurance to be provided.

67N. Board may settle disputes on costs of repairs, etc.

67O. Order to make or pursue insurance claim.

 

67H.  Order revoking amendment of by-law.

(1) Where, pursuant to an application by any person entitled to vote at a meeting of the management corporation (including a first chargee and chargor of a parcel), the Board considers that, having regard to the interest of all parcel proprietors in the use and enjoyment of their parcels or the common property, an amendment or revocation of an additional by-law or addition of a new additional bylaw should not have been made or effected, the Board may order that the amendment be revoked, that the revoked additional by-law be revived or that the new additional by-law be revoked.

(2) When making an order under subsection (1) in respect of an additional by-law referred to in subsection (2) of section 44, the Board may direct the management corporation to pay compensation to the proprietor of the parcel adversely affected by the additional by-law.

(3) The compensation ordered to be paid under subsection (2) is recoverable by the parcel proprietor as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

67I.  Order invalidating purported by-law.

Where, pursuant to an application by any person entitled to vote at a meeting of a management corporation (including a first chargee and a chargor of a parcel), the Board finds that the management corporation has made an additional by-law but that the management corporation did not have the power to make the additional by-law the Board may make an order declaring the additional bylaw to be invalid.

67J.  Power of Board to invalidate proceedings.

(1) Where, pursuant to an application by a parcel proprietor or first chargee of a parcel, the Board considers that the provisions of this Act have not been complied with in relation to a meeting of the management corporation, the Board may by order-

(a) invalidate any resolution of, or election held by, the persons present at the meeting; or

(b) refuse to invalidate any such resolution or election.

(2) The Board shall not make an order under subsection (1) refusing to invalidate a resolution or election unless it considers-

(a) that the failure to comply with the provisions of this Act did not prejudicially affect any person; and

(b) that compliance with the provisions of this Act would not have resulted in a failure to pass the resolution, or have affected the result of the election, as the case may be.

67K.  Order varying certain rates of interest.

Where, pursuant to an application by a parcel proprietor or any other person or body having a registered interest in a parcel for an order under this section, the Board considers that the management corporation for the subdivided building or land to which the application relates has determined an unreasonable rate as the rate of interest payable for the late payment of a contribution levied under section 45, the Board may order that no interest be so payable or that the interest so payable be at a rate specified by the Board instead of the rate so determined.

67L.  Order where voting rights denied or due notice of item of business not given.

(1) Where, pursuant to an application by a person under this section, the Board is satisfied that a particular resolution would not have been passed at a general meeting of a management corporation but for the fact that the applicant-

(a) was improperly denied a vote on the motion for the resolution; or

(b) was not given due notice of the item of business pursuant to which the resolution was passed,

the Board may order that the resolution be treated as a nullity on and from the date of the order.

(2) Where-

(a) an order under subsection (1) is made in respect of a resolution making an additional by-law amending, adding to or revoking another additional by-law; and

(b) the additional by-law made pursuant to that resolution is in force,

the additional by-law shall, subject to its having been or being amended, added to or revoked under subsection (2) of section 44, have force and effect on and from the date the order is so made to the same extent as it would have had if the resolution had not been passed.

(3) An application for an order under subsection (1) may not be made after twenty-eight days after the date of the meeting at which the resolution was passed.

67M.  Order varying the amount of insurance to be provided.

Where, pursuant to an application made by a parcel proprietor or the chargee of a parcel, the Board considers that the amount for which the management corporation for the subdivided building or land concerned has insured the subdivided building or land under subsection (1) of section 43 is not reasonable, the Board may order the management corporation to vary that amount to a specified amount.

67N.  Board may settle disputes on the costs of repairs etc..

The Board may, pursuant to an application by a management corporation, a parcel proprietor or a chargee in possession of a parcel or any other person or body having a registered interest in a parcel, make an order for the settlement of a dispute, or the rectification of a complaint with respect to any defects in a parcel, a subdivided building or land and its common property or the liability of a parcel proprietor to bear the costs of or any part thereof for any work carried out by a management corporation in the exercise or performance of its powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed by this Act and the by-laws in connection with the subdivided building or land.

67O.  Order to make or pursue insurance claim.

Where, pursuant to an application by a parcel proprietor, the Board considers that the management corporation for the subdivided building or land to which the application relates has unreasonably refused to make or pursue an insurance claim in respect of damage to the building or land or any other property insured by the management corporation under this Act, the Board may order the management corporation to make or pursue the claim.

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