Apologies for misinformation provided in an earlier post; the owners corp has two weeks in which to publish the minutes of a meeting (which should include the results of a vote).
Section 22 of Schedule 1 of the Strata Schemes Management Act sets out the time frame in which general meetings minutes must be published and votes must be declared.
If possible, the chair should declare the result at the meeting at which the vote has taken place.
Otherwise it would be included in the minutes of the meeting which must be published, one way or another, within 14 days of the meeting taking place.
That means in a scheme of fewer than 100 lots, every owner should be given a copy of the minutes. In a large scheme (>100 lots) they should be given to any owner on request.
The maximum fine for failure to do so is $1100.
(1) Records to be kept
The owners corporation must keep full and accurate minutes of its meetings that include minutes of all motions passed at its meetings.
(2) Distribution of minutes and records of motions
Within 14 days after a meeting, the owners corporation must provide copies of the minutes of the meeting in the following manner—
(a) by giving each member of the strata committee a copy,
(b) by giving each owner a copy, if the strata scheme is not a large strata scheme,
(c) by giving an owner a copy, if the strata scheme is a large strata scheme and the owner requests a copy within the period of 14 days.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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