@rthorburn said:
… the repairs should be slotted into the repairs and maintenance programme according to priorities against other works and funding availability.
I agree with everything else except the last part. Funding availability is not really an acceptable reason for delaying repairs. If the funding is not there and the repairs are necessary then you strike a special levy or get a strata loan.
This is why the government brought in an obligation to have a repairs schedule in the recent law changes.
Too often strata schemes use lack of funding as an excuse for not fulfilling their statutory obligations to maintain and repair, usually because the owners would rather the “next guy” paid for the wear and tear they had inflicted on the building.