I would like to say I can’t believe it, but I can, that advice is just plain stupid. Following that logic, successors in title would never be bound by the by-laws of a strata scheme, unless they had specifically consented to them.
The whole point of by-laws is:
– in the case of a general by-law the majority rules, if the requisite number vote for it that is the by-law.
– by-laws bind successors in title.
Aside from that, general by-laws don’t require the consent of each owner. It is exclusive use by-laws that require specific consent of the relevant lot owner, and in that case a successor in title is bound by that consent.
I was also puzzled by the advice given by Fair Trading re how to deal with rogue parkers. Why should the owners have to wear the cost of putting up gates and electronic scans etc., to deal with something that is illegal?