I find this question interesting because I’m about to install plantation shutters.
SSMA 2015 Section 109 Clause 2 has a list of things which can be considered “cosmetic work” and not require permission of the Owners Corporation. That list includes installation of “internal blinds and curtains”.
I think Thirsty is asking whether internal plantation shutters would count as “internal blinds and curtains”.
If not, Thirsty considered SSMA 2015 Section 109 Clause 4, which says:
“The by-laws of a strata scheme may specify additional work that is to be cosmetic work for the purposes of this section.”
Thirsty’s OC could update its by-laws to explicitly state that internal plantation shutters are another form of “cosmetic work” as directed by this clause:
I suppose internal plantation shutters were not well known when the Act was drafted.