Reply To: Strata manager and insurance agent own three apartments

Hi All,

I’m very confused about parts of the SSMA 2015, I’ve been reading up on it as we want to get rid of our strata manager at the AGM.  In the SSMA 2015 Part 4 Div 1 section 49 subsection ( 5 ) it states an owner seeking appointment as a Strata manager cannot vote on the appointment, so this indicates that an owner can be the strata manager but just not vote for themselves when seeking the position.

However, the property, Stocks and Business Act 2002, which is referenced a lot in SSMA 2015 defines a ” Strata manager ” as someone that isn’t an owner of a lot in the scheme they manage. So one says an owner can be elected and the other defines the role as someone who isn’t an owner!

Now Leasing agents can be on the Strata committee as well as building mangers, that’s just asking for conflicts of interests to arise.

NB: This response was started as a new thread even though it is clearly part of an existing discussion(in another topic)  – that is very much frowned upon here on the Forum.  Please stick to one thread per topic.  We can manage to separate tangential issues, as you can see. – JimmyT