Dear potofgold
Do you knoo what action the SM is contemplating?
Initially the worst they can do is send yiu a breach of by law. What you do next determines their action.
If they serve you with a breach of bylaw just accept it. But make sure you do not do any action which can be cinstrued as a breach of the by law. The notice is effective for 12 months. That means if hou are alleged to breach the bylaw you have been notified of, the OC can take younto NCAT. But they have you prove the breaches.
A 30 second recording is not suffi ient evidence and is inadmissable as you did not agree to be recorded.
In regard to the levies. The prescribed penalty interest is 10% pa simple interest. Pretty easy to work out.
If you do not pay your levy wiyhin 30 days of them being due, the SM will automatically charge the interest to your account.
There ws a recent case where the court determined that only if you were in arrears on your levies did you lose the right to vote. So if you did not pay the interest you could not be called unfinacial. This just clarified the application of the Act.
However it seems to me that you have some enemies within your block. Perhaps one course of action you could take would be to attempt to make peace with whoever it is that is troubling you. You dont have to go to the extent of inviting then to dinner, but getting to the stage where they can exchange a “good day” with you may make all the difference.