Strata Switch Rooms – what can’t be stored within

Hi all, i am new to the forum.  Have been living in strata for a while and on a committee for over 11 in my previous strata.  Having just bought a townhouse in (NSW) – Sydney area, i was somewhat horrified to see in the electrical switch room / MDF board room the following items stored.

hoses, long peices of 4 x 2 wood, plastic bins (old type) with fold in handles that kept lid on, wheelbarrow and the 'perfect thing' to keep in a switchroom, 4 large tins of Paint the complex was recently painted.  the switchroom is Full;  it's a wonder that Sydney Electricity hasn't said anything to the Body Corporate. 

in my previous unit the switchroom did catch fire (before) i lived there, one can still see the scortch marks on the walls, so we never kept anything in the switchroom except an aluminium ladder and a few fluro globes.  i thought / understood it was illegal to store things in a switchroom?

i have been searching for any rules on the internet as to using a strata switchroom as storage!! can't find anything.  does anyone know what the rules are??  i have alerted our strata manager who inturn was / is going to let the committee know – i understand from the strata manager there is a tyrant on the committee who is quite a force to be reconned with and want his way – well bring on the AGM we will see…