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Take management of your building in-house. What the law actually requires, what it costs to leave, and how to run it properly once you do.
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Take management of your building in-house. What the law actually requires, what it costs to leave, and how to run it properly once you do.
The job is the same everywhere. The rules, the words and the money are not. Pick your state or territory and we will show you the version that actually applies.
Strata Schemes Management Act 2015
New South Wales puts no obligation on an owners corporation to appoint a strata managing agent. The Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 gives the functions to the owners corporation...
Read the NSW guideOwners Corporations Act 2006
Victoria does not require an owners corporation to appoint a manager either — but it does sort owners corporations into five tiers, and the tier decides how much is expected of you. A...
Read the VIC guideBody Corporate and Community Management Act 1997
Queensland is the most explicit jurisdiction in the country about this. The Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 treats self-management as an ordinary way to run a scheme, not...
Read the QLD guideStrata Titles Act 1985
In Western Australia the body is a strata company and the committee is a council of owners, and the Strata Titles Act 1985 gives the council the running of the scheme. Engaging a strata...
Read the WA guideStrata Titles Act 1988 and Community Titles Act 1996
South Australia runs two regimes side by side. Older buildings are usually strata corporations under the Strata Titles Act 1988; newer and mixed developments are usually community...
Read the SA guideStrata Titles Act 1998
Tasmania's strata schemes are overwhelmingly small, and the Strata Titles Act 1998 is written on the assumption that owners will run them. Most Tasmanian bodies corporate are already...
Read the TAS guideUnit Titles (Management) Act 2011
The Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011 gives the running of an ACT owners corporation to its executive committee, and appointing a manager is optional. The ACT is unusual in how...
Read the ACT guideUnit Titles Act 1975 and Unit Titles Schemes Act 2009
The Northern Territory has two Acts in play. Schemes created under the older regime sit under the Unit Titles Act 1975; newer ones sit under the Unit Titles Schemes Act 2009. Neither...
Read the NT guideA self-managed building is run by the people who live in it. That changes the texture of the place: decisions get made by neighbours who will live with them, and a question about your own home gets answered by somebody who already knows the building.
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