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When ammending a special resolution motion the rules are as follows;
Sch 2 SSMA clause 23
Amendment or revocation of unanimous or special resolutions
A unanimous resolution or special resolution of an owners corporation may not be amended or revoked except by a subsequent unanimous resolution or special resolution, as the case may be.
However, a unanimous resolution of an owners corporation dealing with common property may be amended by a special resolution.
So it seems you need a SR motion to amend a SR motion.
As for voting with non- discretionary proxies; if non-discretionary proxies mean that the principals have stated the manner in which the proxy is to vote then according to Horsley's Meetings, a fine text regarding meetings, a proxy who casts a vote contrary to the wishes of the principal is still a valid vote as far as the meeting is concerned and it becomes a matter between the principal and proxy.
In my opinion; If there are non discretionary proxies and a vote is taken on an amendment then the proxy either has instructions or not; if not then it could be open to the proxy to cast the proxy vote on the amendment according to the proxies better judgement. Commonsense would dictate that vote would be cast so as to still be able to cast the vote of the principal on the substantive motion, i.e. preserve the original motion OR otherwise commonsense would say abstain in the absence of instruction. If the proxy is under strict instruction on how to vote to a particular motion then the proxy should not be imposing thier own ideas on the manner in which the principals' vote is cast.
If an amendment passes and the proxy has no instruction regarding the amended substantive motion it would be best to abstain although as stated above; the proxy vote still counts even if it later turns out to be contrary to the wishes of the principal.
Hope this helps.