I think we all want to remove the roadblocks to EV charging and the reality is that EV charging in buildings has to happen in an incremental way, but there has to be some discipline around the way it is done. Not harsh discipline but the sort of discipline that typically is applied to other changes an owner wants to make….
That discipline comes from having suitable by-laws and those by-laws may come about from the initiative of the strata committee, a champion or from an individual owner who is a first mover. …Open options.
You can’t bypass obstinacy and ignorance, but there is no impediment getting EV charging going in a building unless one believes that approval of a by-law by a mere 50% of those attending a meeting is an impediment. Is it really ?
Looking at s108 it is clear that the section applies to Sustainability Infrastructure as much as to other changes to common property, it’s just the size of majority required that is reduced to make it easier – the legislators even put a note in there
(1) Procedure for authorising changes to common property ……
(2) Any such action may be taken by the owners corporation or owner only if a special resolution has first been passed by …….
Note : If the special resolution is a sustainability infrastructure resolution fewer votes may be needed to pass it. See section 5(1)(b).
John Hutchinson
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