KP – thanks for your comments, although I don’t think that I’m a “case” of the special variety 
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On a more serious note, in my experience the problem is not so much in practically dealing with the requirements of NSW’s 17 yo Strata Legislation in a way that doesn’t burden those Owners who want to renovate their Lots, but with those Owners who just go ahead with renovations undertaken by their handyman mates without advising anyone let alone the O/C.