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All nominations in order. I believe the agents were nominated by the lot owners for which they each held company nominees. No cross nominations even they the same company was involved. The only other nomination, other than by those present, was by a partner representing the owner.
So I dont see any wriggle room there
I highlight two pieces of the regulations here
31. Persons who are eligible to be appointed or elected to strata committee
(1) The following persons are eligible for appointment or election to the strata committee of an owners corporation:
(a) an individual who is a sole owner of a lot in the strata scheme,
(b) a company nominee of a corporation that is a sole owner of a lot in the strata scheme,
32 Persons who are not eligible to be appointed or elected to strata committee
(1) The following persons are not eligible for appointment or election to a strata committee or to act as members of a strata committee unless they are also the owners of lots in the strata scheme:
(a) the building manager for the strata scheme,
(b) a person who acts as an agent for the leasing of a lot or lots in the strata scheme to tenants,
The distinction I am trying to make is that 31(1)(b) makes specific reference to company nominees, yet 32(1) makes notably no reference to company nominees. It solely says owners of lots, not their nominee representative or proxy.
Now I suspect that is a generalisation, as if you had to define owner every time, it would be so cumbersome and unwieldy. However, more experienced minds than mine may argue it is a definite differentiation or could be tested as such. ie you want to sit on the EC but you wish to delegate all decisions to a party that has no financial interest in the scheme(except their own!).
A long bow I know.
If it goes to NCAT it will have to be done by the aggrieved parties as the only person on the EC who has the confidence is vulnerable to the EC turning completely feral, as was attempted earlier this year. Having a member on the inside, albeit out gunned, is far better than having no visibility to the goings on in the first instance.
The role of Treasurer in that regard is very important as they have the ability to question every payment and where approvals do not seem to align with regulations and accepted practice, attention can be drawn to it in another forum, albeit on a private basis.
…..if only we could get some developer interest!! Money is the only thing that matters to these people. If you get in the way, watch out!
Sunny