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Yes!
We’ve been to the Strata & Community Titles Division of the CTTT on two occasions.
On the first occasion we became entangled in the CTTT’s passion for arbitration, whereupon the tenants agreed to comply with almost everything and upon their return did totally nothing.
On the second occasion, the matter was dismissed because the (different) tenants weren’t provided with a copy of our Plan’s By-Laws by their Agent; and this was despite the fact that the O/C had placed those and its customary “welcome” letter in the Unit’s letterbox just after the commencement of their tenancy, and the fact that everything was posted on the O/C’s Notice Board.
So on the next occasion that we experience poorly behaving tenants and our normal approach of trying to reason with them, then issuing a written Advice, then a Notice to Comply, and then by directly approaching our Proprietor/Landlord all fails to achieve resolution, then in the absence of any contrary advice it is our intention to have an E/C Member lodge an Application with the Tenancy Division of the CTTT seeking General Orders under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (Act) to restrain any breaches of the Agreement by the tenants (e.g. non compliance with By-Laws).
That Act restricts most such Applications to Tenants and Landlords, but it appears that General Orders can be sought by “other persons”, and as such “persons” are not defined in the Act, we thought that we’d give that approach a try, simply because it has more clout than anything that can be achieved under the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996, and because we have nothing to loose!
I'll keep everyone posted (sorry!).