LookUpStrata is delighted to collaborate with ACT Strata industry leaders to discuss topics of interest for our audience of lot owners, strata industry professionals and the broader community in Canberra, ACT. Our strata webinar for ACT features an overview of relevant topics based on certain parts of the ACT Legislation and also a Q&A session where panellists answer ACT Strata questions submitted by our audience both leading up to and during the session.
ACT: Stage 2 ACT Reforms are here. What do you need to know? | Shelley Mulherin, Thomson Geer and Nina Cannell, Signature Strata – August 2023
In 2019, the ACT Government initiated a two-stage reform process aimed at modernising the ACT Unit Titles Legislation. The reforms were initially motivated by “building quality” reforms and an ACT Government planning review. Both the first and second stages of these unit title reforms have commenced. You may or may not be aware that Stage 2 officially commenced on 1st July 2023. Nina and Shelley step us through the changes and what they mean for you and your scheme.
What do you need to know about the Stage 2 ACT Government Strata Reforms? Quite a bit actually:
- Stage 1 Reforms – Refresher
- Building Management Statements – the ability to opt in
- Enhanced developer disclosure: Why are we talking about this – isn’t this old news?
- Rules and registering an up to date compilation
- Insurance requirement exemptions for both Class A and Class B + the question of excess and when can it be recovered from an owner
- Developer’s unit title applications
- Subleasing Common Property – this is an interesting one!
- Audit Requirements
- Sustainability infrastructure
- Updating section 119 Certificates – within a 4 month window
Resources mentioned during the session:
- WEBINAR ACT: Owners Corporation Governance And Meetings Jan Brown & Steve Wiebe, Bridge Strata + Nicole Robb, Signature Strata
- WEBINAR ACT + NSW: Helping lot owners deal with strata building defects + Q&A Christopher Kerin, Kerin Benson Lawyers
- Head over to the LookUpStrata YouTube Channel to subscribe, and be the first to know when we upload video content to the channel.
Download the Presentation:
You can download the presentation from the session here: Stage 2 ACT Government Strata Reforms
Shelley Mulherin
Thomson Geer
E: smulherin@tglaw.com.au
P: 02 5135 8602
Nina Cannell
Signature Strata
E: nina@signaturestrata.com.au
P: 02 6185 0347
ACT: Owners Corporation Governance And Meetings | Jan Brown & Steve Wiebe, Bridge Strata + Nicole Robb, Signature Strata – November 2022
It’s up to the strata manager, with assistance from the Chairperson, to make sure meetings run efficiently. Having a well-structured agenda and a pre-meeting with the committee to ensure you are all on the same page is essential. Take the AGM for example; the meeting’s purpose is to make decisions to manage and maintain the complex over the next 12 months.
During this reference webinar, packed full of legislation and guidelines, plus plenty of practical tips and best practice procedures, is all about the governance of your Owners Corporation. Jan, Steve and Nicole step you through:
- the role of the EC including the responsibilities of each member. Committee Members’ Code of Conduct is also covered in this section
- How the Executive Committee can be assisted by the appointment of sub-committees – when this is appropriate and how to do this
- The importance of rules and how to ensure they are enforceable
- Committee Member conflict of interest
- What each of the four resolutions mean and what they are for
- One quick tip to increase the efficiency of your EC – hint, it’s to do with the number of members
This is a webinar recording you will come back to again and again.
Resources mentioned during the session:
- ACT: Ask Us Anything Strata Webinar – July 2021
- Head over to the LookUpStrata YouTube Channel to subscribe, and be the first to know when we upload video content to the channel.
Jan Browne
Bridge Strata
E: jan@bridgestrata.com.au
P: 02 6109 7700
Steve Wiebe
Bridge Strata
E: steve@bridgestrata.com.au
P: 02 6109 7700
Nicole Robb
Signature Strata
E: Nicole@signaturestrata.com.au
P: 02 6185 0347
ACT + NSW: Helping lot owners deal with strata building defects + Q&A | Christopher Kerin from Kerin Benson Lawyers – March 2022
Christopher Kerin
Kerin Benson Lawyers
E: enquiries@kerinbensonlawyers.com.au
P: 02 8706 7060
ACT: Ask Us Anything Strata Q&A | Jan Brown & Steve Wiebe, Bridge Strata + Nina Cannell & Calli Fenwick, Signature Strata – July 2021
Resources mentioned during the session:
- UNIT TITLES (MANAGEMENT) ACT 2011
- ACT APPOINTMENT OF A PROXY Form
- ACT: Bylaw to ban smoking in Canberra apartments [Sample Bylaw]
- SCA (ACT) SAYS ACT GOVERNMENT’S TEST AND CONCESSIONAL LOAN FUNDING FOR PRIVATE CLADDING ‘A GOOD START’ BUT THREE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS REMAIN
Jan Browne
Bridge Strata
E: jan@bridgestrata.com.au
P: 02 6109 7700
Steve Wiebe
Bridge Strata
E: steve@bridgestrata.com.au
P: 02 6109 7700
Nina Cannell
Signature Strata
E: nina@signaturestrata.com.au
P: 02 6185 0347
Calli Fenwick
Signature Strata
E: calli@signaturestrata.com.au
P: 02 6185 0347
