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Is it possible to view the matter of SCS 10/34078 online. The matter that Billen Ben mentioned.
I am curious about the application of a proxy in my case.
As a proxy form must be kept on the oc records it may be the only way to have an owners vote recorded when that owner is refused their entitlement to vote at a general meeting due to the managers belief that they are not financial.
I say the “managers belief” that a person in not financial because I have found that the accounts kept by the manager often do not meet the requirements of the legislation for one reason or another. Accounts can be sucessfully disputed. I have done it with the $600.00 discount. see above.
If there is a risk that the acounts are disputable then the safest thing for all involved would be to record all the owners votes (financial and unfinancial). If this is not done then a critical moment in time at the general meeting may be lost forever. Clause 10(8) of Sch 2 can be applied retrospectively so nothing is lost by recording the votes of an unfinancial member.
A person is entitled to cast a vote when they have a interest in a lot. Having notified the owners corporation of that interest there is nothing in the SSMA to prevent an owner casting a vote and having it recorded.
For a chairperson of a general meeting to deny a person having their vote recorded would be risky especially when the accounts may be disputable.