Jimmy, what you wrote about s. 104 is true in theory.
But not as practiced, at least in an earlier case of mine. In March 2022 I obtained orders from NCAT in my favour against the OC. Guess what? The so-and-sos on the SC refused to abide by s. 104 and charged me part of the cost of the OC’s expenses at NCAT.
At a general meeting they insisted they were in the right to invoice me. They went as far as to say they had legal advice supporting their position, but were unable to say which legal scholar green lighted their decision to invoice me.
Of course I then could have applied for mediation on that issue; filed papers with NCAT for a return appearance; pay yet another NCAT fee and hope that NCAT dresses down the SC for breaching the SSM Act.
But I did not do that on that issue alone. I added that issue to the many I had which I withdrew recently, see earlier post.
Stopping SC members thumbing their noses at NCAT must surely be another part of the urgent reforms to strata regulations in NSW.