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Are you getting confused.
If a company owns a lot, the company must nominate a nominee to represent them. The nominee is required to be listed on the strata roll.
The notice of a company nominee usually requires a company seal, so it’s not possible for the committee to move the nominees around.
The nominee does not need to be a company director. Companies who own multiple properties can nominate one nominee for each property. Thst nominee then has as many votes as there is properties.
The other situation is proxy votes. A proxy is appointed to represent the owner for a defined period. Under the new legislation, an owner with multiple properties can appoint one person as a proxy for all the properties. The proxy holder then has as many votes as properties he represents. (The old rules limited then to no more than 5% proxies).
The owner of the property must notify the OC in writing prior to the meeting nominating by name the proxy holder. So it’s not legal for the committee to just pass blank proxies around.
I would be scrutinising either the company nomination (it requires a company seal but there are exceptions to this)
Scrutinise the proxies as well thst they are correctly signed – either a signature of the owner/company nominee or an email to that effect.
It bears to remember that unLess a company nominee has been nominated (a person) on the strata roll ,it’s only the company secretary who can nominate proxies,and then only after a company meeting authorised such.