Thanks now I understand why there are multiple versions, either that clarification was added later by Fair Trading or our strata deleted it when our by-laws were created.
My point about the ambiguity of the by-law in respect to whether children are allowed to play unsupervised within our large, secure, outdoor courtyard remains though.
Obviously from their email the Executive Committee feels that the by-law means children are not allowed to play there unsupervised.
My reading is otherwise though. The by-law quoted by the EC states they must not play unsupervised on “common property within the building”. The courtyard is within the complex of 100+ townhouses/units but it is outdoors and not within the building. To my mind it is analogous to a lawn as the clarification mentions, just that it is paved.
