I would think that to make that fly at NCAT, you would probably have to show that more than 50 percent of the building was in favour of pets – otherwise it would just be one owner saying everyone is marching out of step except them.
That could be shown by the vote for your by-law at the AGM, which is why you need to campaign hard, even though you know you’re going to lose.
All though I am strongly in favour of pets in buildings, I also believe that people have the right to choose to live in a building that doesn’t allow animals.
Think about it: those people could argue just as validly that a by-law that allowed pets discriminated against them.
Their argument would be that if you were hoping to have a pet some day, you should have bought into a block that already allowed them.