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fred11- From my reading of the SSMA 2015 I could find no requirement for 21 days notice to introduce new By-laws. The only requirement is that at least 7 days notice must be given of the meeting Agenda. The Agenda would of course need to contain the Motion regarding the by-law changes.
141 Procedure for changes to by-laws
(1) An owners corporation may, in accordance with a special resolution of the owners corporation, change the by-laws of the strata scheme.
(2) A change to the by-laws of a strata scheme has no effect until:
(a) the owners corporation has lodged a notification with the Registrar-General in the manner approved by the Registrar-General, and
(b) the Registrar-General has made an appropriate recording of the notification in the folio of the Register for the common property.
(3) The secretary of the owners corporation must keep a consolidated up to date copy of the by-laws for the strata scheme.
(4) A notification cannot be lodged in the Registrar-General’s office more than 6 months after the passing of the resolution to make the by-law.
Meeting procedures are described in Schedule 1 of the SSMA 2015. The relevant provision is here:
7 Notice of general meetings other than first AGM
(1) This clause applies to general meetings other than the first annual general meeting of an owners corporation.
(2) Written notice of a meeting must, at least 7 days before the meeting, be given to each owner.
(3) Notice of a meeting must also be given, at least 7 days before the meeting, to each first mortgagee or covenant chargee on the strata roll if an item on the agenda is one in which the mortgagee or covenant chargee may cast a priority vote.
Note : A priority vote may be cast in the circumstances set out in clause 24.
(4) Nothing in this Part requires an owner to give notice of a meeting to himself or herself.