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Felix – I assume that you’re referring to your Plan’s Annual Fire Safety Statement, where a properly qualified contractor can undertake the requisite site inspection and provides their Report to the Owners Corporation or their Agent – in your case the Strata Manager; right?.
You claim that the Strata Manager then uses that Report to complete the Owners Corporation’s Annual Fire Safety Statement, and falsely indicates that everything shown on the Building’s Fire Safety Schedule (issued with the original Occupation Certificate for the building) is complaint, and with no faults; right?
If all that’s correct, then the Strata Manager is making a false declaration, and fines and insurance implications aside, your Owners Corporation is legally the “principal manager” and the organisation ultimately responsible, and therefore needs to regain control of its destiny!
I wouldn’t suggest running-off to the Council just yet as that may end badly, but I will suggest that the “concerned” Members (min 30% req’d – ref Cl 7) of the Executive Committee (E/C) requisition the convening of a Meeting ASAP, where a Motion should be put to engage the services of a different contractor to undertake the site inspection, that their resultant Report be provided directly to the E/C, that the Strata Manager be then instructed to accordingly complete the Annual Fire Safety Statement, to initiate any required works, and to return the Statement to the E/C Secretary for signature on behalf of the O/C and submission to Council.
Once everything’s under control, the Strata Manager’s conduct could be reported to the NSW Office Of Fair Trading who’s responsible for the NSW Property, Stock, and Business Agents Act which regulates their business operations and professional conduct.