#25536
Sir Humphrey
Strataguru

    In the ACT, owners can over-ride the EC by petitioning for a general meeting. If 25% or more of owners sign a petition calling for a general meeting, then the EC must call one as soon as practicable. The petition must state the matter to be considered by the meeting. My interpretation of the Act in the ACT is that the EC could put unrelated matters on the agenda distributed with the meeting notice if it chooses to do so. However, not everything would be ‘up for grabs’; only the matters that were notified in the meeting notice, which would be only the matter that was the subject of the petition, and perhaps other matters if the EC chose to take the opportunity to deal with some other matters. A motion to elect a new EC would only be on the agenda if that was included in the petition matters.