Body Corporate and Community Management Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1997 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1997 No. 482 Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (ACCOMMODATION MODULE) REGULATION 1997 3 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 Amendment of s 3 (Application of this regulation module—Act, s 22) . . . 5 5 Amendment of s 6 (References to standard module) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Amendment of s 10 (Composition of committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 Amendment of s 11 (Eligibility for committee membership) . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 Replacement of ss 12–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 12 When committee is chosen [SM, s 11] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 13 Election of committee [SM, s 12] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9 Amendment of s 18 (Election of ordinary members of committee) . . . . . . 8 10 Amendment of s 22 (Conduct of ballot—declaration of voting results) . . . 8 11 Amendment of pt 3, div 5, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 12 Amendment of s 23 (Term of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 13 Amendment of s 33 (Voting outside committee meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Body Corporate and Community Management Legislation Amendment (No. 1) No. 482, 1997 14 Replacement of s 39 (Opportunity to submit agenda motions) . . . . . . . . . . 9 39 Opportunity to submit agenda motions [SM, s 41] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 Amendment of s 40 (Notice of general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 16 Amendment of s 43 (Agenda for general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 17 Amendment of s 44 (Chairing general meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 18 Amendment of s 45 (Power of person chairing meeting to rule motion out of order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 19 Amendment of s 46 (Quorum for general meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 20 Amendment of s 47 (Meaning of “voter” for general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . 11 21 Amendment of s 59 (Requirement for requested extraordinary general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 22 Amendment of s 60 (First annual general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 23 Amendment of s 71 (Form of proxy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 24 Amendment of s 72 (Use of proxy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 25 Amendment of s 74 (Offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 26 Amendment of s 93 (Contributions to be levied on owners) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 27 Amendment of s 102 (Quotes for major spending decided by body corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 28 Amendment of s 103 (Quotes for major spending decided by committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 29 Amendment of s 105 (Audit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 30 Amendment of s 106 (Auditing qualifications and experience—Act, sch 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 31 Amendment of s 141 (Change of address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 32 Amendment of s 142 (Roll of lots and entitlements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 33 Amendment of s 147 (Definitions for div 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 34 Amendment of s 151 (Return of body corporate property—Act, s 268) . . . 14 35 Amendment of s 152 (Documents in custody of body corporate manager—Act, s 268) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 36 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (STANDARD MODULE) REGULATION 1997 37 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3 Body Corporate and Community Management Legislation Amendment (No. 1) No. 482, 1997 38 Amendment of s 3 (Application of this regulation module—Act, s 22) . . . 15 39 Amendment of s 9 (Composition of committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 40 Amendment of s 10 (Eligibility for committee membership) . . . . . . . . . . . 16 41 Replacement of ss 11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 11 When committee is chosen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12 Election of committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 42 Amendment of s 13 (Nominations to committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 43 Amendment of s 18 (Election of ordinary members of committee) . . . . . . 18 44 Amendment of s 23 (Conduct of ballot—declaration of voting results) . . . 18 45 Omission of s 24 (Conduct of ballot—voting by co-owners) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 46 Amendment of pt 3, div 5, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 47 Amendment of s 25 (Term of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 48 Amendment of s 35 (Voting outside committee meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 49 Amendment of s 37 (Carrying out resolutions of committee meetings) . . . 20 50 Replacement of s 41 (Opportunity to submit agenda motions) . . . . . . . . . . 20 41 Opportunity to submit agenda motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 51 Amendment of s 42 (Notice of general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 52 Amendment of s 45 (Agenda for general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 53 Amendment of s 46 (Chairing general meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 54 Amendment of s 47 (Power of person chairing meeting to rule motion out of order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 55 Amendment of s 48 (Quorum for general meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 56 Amendment of s 49 (Meaning of “voter” for general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . 22 57 Amendment of s 61 (Requirement for requested extraordinary general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 58 Amendment of s 62 (First annual general meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 59 Amendment of s 73 (Form of proxy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 60 Amendment of s 74 (Use of proxy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 61 Amendment of s 76 (Offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 62 Amendment of s 94 (Budgets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 63 Amendment of s 95 (Contributions to be levied on owners) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 64 Amendment of s 104 (Quotes for major spending) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4 Body Corporate and Community Management Legislation Amendment (No. 1) No. 482, 1997 65 Amendment of s 106 (Audit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 66 Amendment of s 107 (Auditing qualifications and experience—Act, sch 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 67 Amendment of s 113 (Improvements to common property by body corporate—Act, s 121) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 68 Amendment of s 128 (Insurance of building including lots) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 69 Amendment of s 136 (Public risk insurance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 70 Amendment of s 140 (Notices for roll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 71 Amendment of s 142 (Change of address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 72 Amendment of s 143 (Roll of lots and entitlements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 73 Amendment of s 148 (Definitions for div 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 74 Amendment of s 152 (Return of body corporate property—Act, s 268) . . . 26 75 Amendment of s 153 (Documents in custody of body corporate manager—Act, s 268) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 76 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

s1 5 s5 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Body Corporate and Community Management Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1997 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 22 December 1997. PART 2—AMENDMENT OF BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (ACCOMMODATION MODULE) REGULATION 1997 ˙ Regulation amended in pt 2 3. This part amends the Body Corporate and Community Management(Accommodation Module) Regulation 1997 . ˙ Amendment of s 3 (Application of this regulation module—Act, s 22) 4. Section 3, ‘this regulation module’— omit, insert— ‘this regulation’. ˙ Amendment of s 6 (References to standard module) 5. Section 6(2), ‘the section’— omit, insert— ‘this regulation’.

s6 6 s8 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 10 (Composition of committee) 6. Section 10(1)(a) and (b)— omit, insert— ‘(a) the persons chosen to be the executive members of the committee; and (b) if ordinary members are chosen for the committee—the ordinary members.’. ˙ Amendment of s 11 (Eligibility for committee membership) 7. Section 11(3), ‘appointed’— omit, insert— ‘chosen’. ˙ Replacement of ss 12–13 8.(1) Sections 12 and 13— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ When committee is chosen [SM, s 11] ‘ 12.(1) The choosing of the members of the committee must happen at each annual general meeting of the body corporate. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) does not apply for an annual general meeting if, when the annual general meeting is held— (a) there are only 2 lots included in the scheme, and the 2 lots are in identical ownership; or (b) there are only 2 lots included in the scheme, and the 2 lots are in different ownership; or (c) there are 3 or more lots included in the scheme, and all of the lots are in identical ownership; or (d) there are 3 or more lots included in the scheme, and there are only 2 different owners for all the lots.

s8 7 s8 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ‘ (3) If subsection (2)(a) or (c) applies, the committee is a committee of 1 consisting of the individual who is the owner, or the nominee of the owner, of the lots, and the individual holds all the executive positions on the committee. ‘ (4) If subsection (2)(b) or (d) applies, the committee consists of 2 individuals who are owners, or the nominees of owners, of lots, and they must decide between themselves who are to hold the positions of the executive members of the committee (and, if they cannot agree, the positions of the executive members are jointly held by both of them). ‘ (5) If, under subsection (3), at the first annual general meeting of the body corporate the committee formed at the meeting consists of only 1 individual, the committee may be chosen at an extraordinary general meeting held before the next annual general meeting after the first annual general meeting. ‘ (6) This division applies to an extraordinary general meeting mentioned in subsection (5) as if the extraordinary general meeting was the next annual general meeting after the first annual general meeting. ˙ ‘ Election of committee [SM, s 12] ‘ 13.(1) The members of the committee must be chosen by election. ‘ (2) The election must be in accordance with sections 14 to 21, unless the body corporate decides by ordinary resolution that the members are to be elected in another way. ‘ (3) The value of any vote able to be cast for a lot included in the scheme for choosing a member of the committee is the same as the value of the vote able to be cast for each other lot included in the scheme. ‘ (4) For subsection (3), it is immaterial whether there are 2 or more co-owners of 1 or more of the lots. ‘ (5) A way decided by the body corporate under subsection (2) must be fair and reasonable in the circumstances of the scheme.’.

s 9 8 s 12 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 18 (Election of ordinary members of committee) 9. Section 18(1), ‘must be appointed to’— omit, insert— ‘becomes an ordinary member of’. ˙ Amendment of s 22 (Conduct of ballot—declaration of voting results) 10.(1) Section 22(1), ‘ballots at the meeting’— omit, insert— ‘an election’. (2) Section 22(2), ‘a ballot’— omit, insert— ‘an election’. ˙ Amendment of pt 3, div 5, hdg 11. Part 3, division 5, heading, ‘appointment’— omit, insert— ‘office’. ˙ Amendment of s 23 (Term of appointment) 12.(1) Section 23, heading, ‘appointment’— omit, insert— ‘office’. (2) Section 23(1), ‘appointment’— omit, insert— ‘office’. (3) Section 23(1), ‘elected to’— omit, insert—

s 13 9 s 14 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ‘chosen for’. (4) Section 23(4)(a), ‘elect members to’— omit, insert— ‘choose members for’. ˙ Amendment of s 33 (Voting outside committee meetings) 13.(1) Section 33(1), after ‘meeting of the committee’— insert— ‘called and conducted under division 7’. (2) Section 33— insert— ‘ (3) For the operation of section 32(1) and (2), the committee, in dealing with a resolution under this section, is taken to deal with the resolution at a meeting of the committee.’. ˙ Replacement of s 39 (Opportunity to submit agenda motions) 14. Section 39— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Opportunity to submit agenda motions [SM, s 41] ‘ 39.(1) A member of the body corporate may at any time submit a motion for consideration at a general meeting of the body corporate and, if a motion is submitted, including in response to an invitation under subsection (3), it must, subject to subsection (2), be included on the next general meeting agenda on which it is practicable to include the motion. ‘ (2) A motion may be included on the agenda for an annual general meeting only if the secretary receives the motion before the end of the body corporate’s financial year immediately preceding the meeting. ‘ (3) If notice is forwarded to members of the body corporate inviting nominations for committee member positions to be filled at an annual

s 15 10 s 18 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) general meeting of the body corporate, the members must also be invited to submit motions for inclusion on the agenda for the meeting.’. ˙ Amendment of s 40 (Notice of general meeting) 15. Section 40(1), ‘as last notified to the body corporate’— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 43 (Agenda for general meeting) 16. Section 43(2)(a)(iii)— omit, insert— ‘(iii) a motion submitted under section 39 1 by a member of the body corporate and required to be included in the agenda;’. ˙ Amendment of s 44 (Chairing general meetings) 17. Section 44(2)(b), ‘appointed’— omit, insert— ‘chosen’. ˙ Amendment of s 45 (Power of person chairing meeting to rule motion out of order) 18. Section 45(1)(a), ‘Act’— omit, insert— ‘Act, this regulation’. 1 Section 39 (Opportunity to submit agenda motions)

s 19 11 s 21 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 46 (Quorum for general meetings) 19.(1) Section 46(1)— omit, insert— ‘ 46.(1) A voter is taken to be present at a general meeting if the voter is present at the meeting personally, by proxy or by written voting paper.’. (2) Section 46(2)(a), ‘3 or 4, two persons’— omit, insert— ‘3 or more, 2 individuals’. (3) Section 46(2)(b), ‘voter’— omit, insert— ‘individual’. ˙ Amendment of s 47 (Meaning of “voter” for general meeting) 20.(1) Section 47(5)(a)(ii) and (8)(a)(ii), ‘body corporate’— omit, insert— ‘secretary’. (2) Section 47(11), after ‘is required)’— insert— ‘, or for choosing a member of the committee,’. ˙ Amendment of s 59 (Requirement for requested extraordinary general meeting) 21. Section 59(1)(b), ‘elected’— omit, insert— ‘chosen’.

s 22 12 s 26 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 60 (First annual general meeting) 22. Section 60(3)(c)— omit, insert— ‘(c) choosing the members of the committee;’. ˙ Amendment of s 71 (Form of proxy) 23. Section 71(1)(g)— omit, insert— ‘(g) subject to the limitations contained in this division, may be given to any individual; and ‘(h) must appoint a named individual.’. ˙ Amendment of s 72 (Use of proxy) 24. Section 72(1), ‘, in the absence of member B,’— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 74 (Offence) 25. Section 74, penalty— omit, insert— ‘Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.’. ˙ Amendment of s 93 (Contributions to be levied on owners) 26. Section 93(5), ‘the Act’— omit, insert— ‘the Act or this regulation’.

s 27 13 s 31 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 102 (Quotes for major spending decided by body corporate) 27. Section 102(6), example, ‘that the goods’— omit, insert— ‘that goods’. ˙ Amendment of s 103 (Quotes for major spending decided by committee) 28. Section 103(3), example, ‘that the goods’— omit, insert— ‘that goods’. ˙ Amendment of s 105 (Audit) 29. Section 105(1), before ‘unless’— insert— ‘by an auditor’. ˙ Amendment of s 106 (Auditing qualifications and experience—Act, sch 4) 30. Section 106(1), after ‘experience’— insert— ‘in accountancy’. ˙ Amendment of s 141 (Change of address) 31. Section 141, ‘from that last notified to the body corporate’— omit.

s 32 14 s 36 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 142 (Roll of lots and entitlements) 32. Section 142(2)(g), ‘the Act’— omit, insert— ‘the Act or this regulation’. ˙ Amendment of s 147 (Definitions for div 5) 33. Section 147, definition “associated general meeting material” , paragraph (j), after ‘copies of’— insert— ‘instruments, notices and’. ˙ Amendment of s 151 (Return of body corporate property—Act, s 268) 34. Section 151(2), penalty— omit, insert— ‘Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—20 penalty units.’. ˙ Amendment of s 152 (Documents in custody of body corporate manager—Act, s 268) 35. Section 152(3), penalty— omit, insert— ‘Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—20 penalty units.’. ˙ Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 36.(1) Schedule, definitions “non-recurrent expenditure” and “recurrent expenditure” — omit.

s 37 15 s 39 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) (2) Schedule— insert— ‘ “recurrent” , for expenditure, means normally made annually or more frequently.’. (3) Schedule, definition “minor improvement” , ‘costing’— omit, insert— ‘with an installed value of’. PART 3—AMENDMENT OF BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (STANDARD MODULE) REGULATION 1997 ˙ Regulation amended in pt 3 37. This part amends the Body Corporate and Community Management(Standard Module) Regulation 1997 . ˙ Amendment of s 3 (Application of this regulation module—Act, s 22) 38.(1) Section 3, heading, ‘module’— omit. (2) Section 3(2), ‘module is’— omit, insert— ‘is’. ˙ Amendment of s 9 (Composition of committee) 39. Section 9(1)(a) and (b)— omit, insert— ‘(a) the persons chosen to be the executive members of the

s 40 16 s 41 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) committee; and (b) if ordinary members are chosen for the committee—the ordinary members.’. ˙ Amendment of s 10 (Eligibility for committee membership) 40.(1) Section 10(2)(b), after ‘letting agent’— insert— ‘(other than a lot owner who is the associate of a letting agent merely because the letting agent, in conducting the agent’s letting agent business, acts for the lot owner)’. (2) Section 10(3), ‘appointed’— omit, insert— ‘chosen’. ˙ Replacement of ss 11–12 41. Sections 11 and 12— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ When committee is chosen ‘ 11.(1) The choosing of the members of the committee must happen at each annual general meeting of the body corporate. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) does not apply for an annual general meeting if, when the annual general meeting is held— (a) there are only 2 lots included in the scheme, and the 2 lots are in identical ownership; or (b) there are only 2 lots included in the scheme, and the 2 lots are in different ownership; or (c) there are 3 or more lots included in the scheme, and all of the lots are in identical ownership; or (d) there are 3 or more lots included in the scheme, and there are only 2 different owners for all the lots.

s 41 17 s 41 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ‘ (3) If subsection (2)(a) or (c) applies, the committee is a committee of 1 consisting of the individual who is the owner, or the nominee of the owner, of the lots, and the individual holds all the executive positions on the committee. ‘ (4) If subsection (2)(b) or (d) applies, the committee consists of 2 individuals who are owners, or the nominees of owners, of lots, and they must decide between themselves who are to hold the positions of the executive members of the committee (and, if they cannot agree, the positions of the executive members are jointly held by both of them). ‘ (5) If, under subsection (3), at the first annual general meeting of the body corporate the committee formed at the meeting consists of only 1 individual, the committee may be chosen at an extraordinary general meeting held before the next annual general meeting after the first annual general meeting. ‘ (6) This division applies to an extraordinary general meeting mentioned in subsection (5) as if the extraordinary general meeting was the next annual general meeting after the first annual general meeting. ˙ ‘ Election of committee ‘ 12.(1) The members of the committee must be chosen by election. ‘ (2) The election must be by secret ballot unless the body corporate, by ordinary resolution, resolves that the election be held by open ballot. ‘ (3) The election must be in accordance with sections 13 to 22, unless the body corporate decides by special resolution that the members are to be elected in another way. ‘ (4) The value of any vote able to be cast for a lot included in the scheme for choosing a member of the committee is the same as the value of the vote able to be cast for each other lot included in the scheme. ‘ (5) For subsection (4), it is immaterial whether there are 2 or more co-owners of 1 or more of the lots. ‘ (6) A way decided by the body corporate under subsection (3) must be fair and reasonable in the circumstances of the scheme.’.

s 42 18 s 44 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 13 (Nominations to committee) 42.(1) Section 13(6)(a), ‘known; and’— omit, insert— ‘known;’. (2) Section 13(6)(b), ‘for; and’— omit, insert— ‘for;’. ˙ Amendment of s 18 (Election of ordinary members of committee) 43. Section 18(1), ‘must be appointed to’— omit, insert— ‘becomes an ordinary member of’. ˙ Amendment of s 23 (Conduct of ballot—declaration of voting results) 44.(1) Section 23(1), ‘voting for ballots at the meeting’— omit, insert— ‘an election’. (2) Section 23(2), ‘voting for a ballot’— omit, insert— ‘an election’. (3) Section 23(4), after ‘open ballot’— insert— ‘under this division’. (4) Section 23(5), after ‘secret ballot’— insert— ‘under this division’.

s 45 19 s 48 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Omission of s 24 (Conduct of ballot—voting by co-owners) 45. Section 24— omit. ˙ Amendment of pt 3, div 5, hdg 46. Part 3, division 5, heading, ‘appointment’— omit, insert— ‘office’. ˙ Amendment of s 25 (Term of appointment) 47.(1) Section 25, heading, ‘appointment’— omit, insert— ‘office’. (2) Section 25(1), ‘appointment’— omit, insert— ‘office’. (3) Section 25(1), ‘elected to’— omit, insert— ‘chosen for’. (4) Section 25(4)(a), ‘elect members to’— omit, insert— ‘choose members for’. ˙ Amendment of s 35 (Voting outside committee meetings) 48.(1) Section 35(1), after ‘meeting of the committee’— omit, insert— ‘called and conducted under division 7’.

s 49 20 s 50 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) (2) Section 35— insert— ‘ (3) For the operation of sections 34(1) and (2) and 37, the committee, in dealing with a resolution under this section, is taken to deal with the resolution at a meeting of the committee.’. ˙ Amendment of s 37 (Carrying out resolutions of committee meetings) 49. Section 37(1)— omit, insert— ‘ 37.(1) A copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the committee must be given to the owner of each lot included in the scheme (other than a lot owner who has instructed the secretary that the lot owner no longer wishes to be given copies of committee resolutions and who has not withdrawn the instruction), whether separately or as a part of a copy of minutes of the meeting at which the resolution was passed, in 1 of the following ways— (a) giving it to the lot owner personally; (b) sending it by mail; (c) sending it by facsimile.’. ˙ Replacement of s 41 (Opportunity to submit agenda motions) 50. Section 41— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Opportunity to submit agenda motions ‘ 41.(1) A member of the body corporate may at any time submit a motion for consideration at a general meeting of the body corporate and, if a motion is submitted, including in response to an invitation under subsection (3), it must, subject to subsection (2), be included on the next general meeting agenda on which it is practicable to include the motion. ‘ (2) A motion may be included on the agenda for an annual general meeting only if the secretary receives the motion before the end of the body corporate’s financial year immediately preceding the meeting.

s 51 21 s 54 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ‘ (3) If notice is forwarded to members of the body corporate inviting nominations for committee member positions to be filled at an annual general meeting of the body corporate, the members must also be invited to submit motions for inclusion on the agenda for the meeting.’. ˙ Amendment of s 42 (Notice of general meeting) 51. Section 42(1), ‘as last notified to the body corporate’— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 45 (Agenda for general meeting) 52. Section 45(2)(a)(iii)— omit, insert— ‘(iii) a motion submitted under section 41 2 by a member of the body corporate and required to be included in the agenda;’. ˙ Amendment of s 46 (Chairing general meetings) 53. Section 46(2)(b), ‘appointed’— omit, insert— ‘chosen’. ˙ Amendment of s 47 (Power of person chairing meeting to rule motion out of order) 54. Section 47(1)(a), ‘Act’— omit, insert— ‘Act, this regulation’. 2 Section 41 (Opportunity to submit agenda motions)

s 55 22 s 57 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 48 (Quorum for general meetings) 55.(1) Section 48(1)— omit, insert— ‘ 48.(1) A voter is taken to be present at a general meeting if the voter is present at the meeting personally, by proxy or by written voting paper.’. (2) Section 48(2)(a), ‘3 or 4, two persons’— omit, insert— ‘3 or more, 2 individuals’. (3) Section 48(2)(b), ‘voter’— omit, insert— ‘individual’. ˙ Amendment of s 49 (Meaning of “voter” for general meeting) 56.(1) Section 49(5)(a)(ii) and (8)(a)(ii), ‘body corporate’— omit, insert— ‘secretary’. (2) Section 49(11), after ‘is required)’— insert— ‘, or for choosing a member of the committee,’. ˙ Amendment of s 61 (Requirement for requested extraordinary general meeting) 57. Section 61(1)(b), ‘elected’— omit, insert— ‘chosen’.

s 58 23 s 62 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 62 (First annual general meeting) 58. Section 62(3)(c)— omit, insert— ‘(c) choosing the members of the committee;’. ˙ Amendment of s 73 (Form of proxy) 59. Section 73(1)(g)— omit, insert— ‘(g) subject to the limitations contained in this division, may be given to any individual; and ‘(h) must appoint a named individual.’. ˙ Amendment of s 74 (Use of proxy) 60.(1) Section 74(1), ‘, in the absence of member B,’— omit. (2) Section 74(3)(c), after ‘committee’— insert— ‘, or for otherwise choosing a member of the committee’. ˙ Amendment of s 76 (Offence) 61. Section 76, penalty— omit, insert— ‘Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.’. ˙ Amendment of s 94 (Budgets) 62. Section 94(4), after ‘other scheme’— insert—

s 63 24 s 65 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ‘, and any other fund provided for in the regulation module applying to the other scheme’. ˙ Amendment of s 95 (Contributions to be levied on owners) 63. Section 95(5), ‘the Act’— omit, insert— ‘the Act or this regulation’. ˙ Amendment of s 104 (Quotes for major spending) 64.(1) Section 104(6), example, ‘If the goods’— omit, insert— ‘If goods’. (2) Section 104(6), example, ‘that the goods’— omit, insert— ‘that goods’. (3) Section 104— insert— ‘ (7) Each quotation obtained under this section must be retained as an attachment to the minutes of the meeting at which the quotation is considered.’. ˙ Amendment of s 106 (Audit) 65. Section 106(1), before ‘unless’— insert— ‘by an auditor’.

s 66 25 s 70 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 107 (Auditing qualifications and experience—Act, sch 4) 66. Section 107(1), after ‘experience’‚ insert— ‘in accountancy’. ˙ Amendment of s 113 (Improvements to common property by body corporate—Act, s 121) 67. Section 113(a), ‘, and the improvements are authorised by ordinary resolution’— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 128 (Insurance of building including lots) 68. Section 128(6)(b), after ‘subsection (2)’— insert— ‘or an equivalent provision of another regulation module’. ˙ Amendment of s 136 (Public risk insurance) 69. Section 136(2)(b)(i), ‘claim’— omit, insert— ‘event’. ˙ Amendment of s 140 (Notices for roll) 70. Section 140(3)(b)(ii), ‘lessee,’— omit, insert— ‘lessee or’.

s 71 26 s 75 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 142 (Change of address) 71. Section 142, ‘from that last notified to the body corporate’— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 143 (Roll of lots and entitlements) 72. Section 143(2)(g), ‘the Act’— omit, insert— ‘the Act or this regulation’. ˙ Amendment of s 148 (Definitions for div 5) 73. Section 148, definition “associated general meeting material” , paragraph (j), after ‘copies of’— insert— ‘instruments, notices and’. ˙ Amendment of s 152 (Return of body corporate property—Act, s 268) 74. Section 152(2), penalty— omit, insert— ‘Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—20 penalty units.’. ˙ Amendment of s 153 (Documents in custody of body corporate manager—Act, s 268) 75. Section 153(3), penalty— omit, insert— ‘Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—20 penalty units.’.

s 76 27 s 76 Body Corporate and Community Management No. 482, 1997 Legislation Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 76.(1) Schedule, definitions “non-recurrent expenditure” and “recurrent expenditure” — omit. (2) Schedule— insert— ‘ “recurrent” , for expenditure, means normally made annually or more frequently.’. (3) Schedule, definition “minor improvement” , ‘costing’— omit, insert— ‘with an installed value of’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 18 December 1997. 2. Notified in the gazette on 19 December 1997. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources. © State of Queensland 1997