If you’re in NSW, the original By-Law 16 in Schedule 1 of the Strata Schemes Management Act (1996) didn’t have any options, so I assume that your Owners Corporation is proposing to adopt Option “C” of By-Law 17 in Schedule 2 of the Strata Schemes Management Regulation (2010) which states:
Subject to section 49 (4) of the Act, an owner or occupier of a residential lot must not keep any animal on the lot or the common property.
Whilst the proposed new Pet By-Law could be applied retrospectively, it sounds to me like it’s aimed squarely at those other owners who a keeping dogs without approval. In any case, in order to pass at the AGM, the Motion to adopt Option “C” (above) would require a minimum 75% of those owners present, including proxies, to vote in favour, and that’s a fairly significant hurdle!
Don’t be concerned about having to get rid of your canine friend, because even if Option “C” passes and there’s no “grandfathering”, I’m sure that your friend could very easily become a hearing dog, and would therefore be exempt from Option “C” under Cl 49(4) …….. what was that?