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Committees most certainly do have authority to raise a special levy in Victoria.
The committees that I sit on do so quite frequently.
They can’t exceed their spending limit or any others restriction placed on them by the OC Act, the OC or a rule.
Generally, at each AGM, committees are given full authority to represent the OC for all matters except for matters that the OC Act states that they can’t (eg special and unanimous resolutions).
I agree that the committee’s actions are probably illegal but not because they have no authority to raise a special levy.
My advice is not to pay the levy. It’s likely that all or most of the hotel lot owners will protest it and a dispute will result.
If I were you I’d be directly contacting some of the bigger hotel lot owners to discuss a combined action.