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Yes, they must.
Nominations can be made either prior to the Meeting, or at the Meeting.
Clearly if the positions have all been filled unopposed when nominations were called for prior the actual meeting then there would be no need to call for nominations from the floor. However, if not filled then the nominations must be called for at the meeting.
See the relevant sections below (there may also be other relevant sections that I have not listed). Note the word ‘must‘.
Body Corporate and Community Management (Standard Module) Regulation 2008
When committee is chosen
(1) The choosing of the members of the committee must happen at each annual general meeting of the body corporate.
Conduct of ballot—deciding ordinary member positions
(3) If the number of candidates nominated for ordinary member positions, plus the number of executive members of the committee, is not more than the required number of voting members for the committee, the person chairing the meeting, if satisfied the nominations for the ordinary member positions comply with this regulation, must declare the candidates to have been elected as ordinary members.
Examples of nomination requirements—
• section 10 (Eligibility to be a voting member)
• section 17 (Lot owner’s right of nomination)
• section 18 (Requirements for nominations)
(4) However, if the number of candidates nominated for ordinary member positions, plus the number of executive members of the committee, is less than the required number of voting members for the committee, the person chairing the meeting must invite nominations at the meeting for the number of ordinary member positions necessary to bring the total number of all committee members to not more than the required number of voting members for the committee.
(6) The person chairing the meeting—
(a) must invite nominations for the position or positions at the meeting; and
(b) must accept nominations that are made in either of the following ways—
(i) by members of the body corporate who are present at the meeting;
(ii) in writing, by members of the body corporate not present at the meeting.