We don’t know if anchorage’s Plan is residential or mixed-use, but the point of demarcation between Plan’s being caught be the provisions of the WH&S Act and being exempt from those is straight forward as Scotty explained.
I don’t disagree with the Owners Corporations of exempted Plans conducting regular checks of their Common Property in order to detect and prioritise the rectification of any risks to the safety of residents and their guests, but that could be easily and effectively undertaken by members of the E/C or any long-term residents who would be aware of subtle risk-related changes to the environment; that’s what’s occurred at our Plan since 2008 well before the current WH&S Act came into play.
The matter of residents working from home in this context is one that I too have heard being expressed by a few strata managers (SM), and apart from the fact that any such activity would be in breach of by-laws and of the conditions of any lease, in my opinion it sounds like yet another furphy put forward by some – perhaps to exaggerate their “worth” to O/C’s as their clients who could well find themselves paying for a Report that’s not required, or engaging a SM’s “preferred contractor”.
I’ve only seen two (2) WH&S Reports, and from the reading of those only conclude that they’re about as useful as the greater numbers of Sinking Fund Reports that I’ve seen.