This article is about QLD BCCM Act Fees and the increases from 1 July 2021. The information has been supplied by the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management.
It’s that time of year again where the QLD BCCM Act fees for our dispute resolution services and for interested persons to pay bodies corporate for information given under the Act increase in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. The increase will be effective 1 July 2021.
Body Corporate and Community Management Act
Accessing body corporate records
| Standard, Accommodation, Commercial, and Small Schemes Modules | Previous Fee | New Fee |
| Inspection of the body corporate records – if the person inspecting the records is a lot owner | $17.95 | $18.25 |
| Inspection of the body corporate records – if the person inspecting the records is not a lot owner | $34.50 | $35.10 |
| To obtain copies of a record kept by the body corporate under section 205(2)(b) of the Act – (for each page) | $0.65 | $0.65 |
| To request a body corporate information certificate under section 205(4) of the Act
– Plus a priority fee I required within 24 hours – Plus a fee if the certificate is to be faxed |
$66.55 $25.00 $17.20 |
$67.70 $25.45 $17.50 |
| Specified Two-Lot Schemes Module | Previous Fee | New Fee |
| Inspection of the body corporate records – if the person inspecting the records is a lot owner
– If the owner’s request to inspect a document is the owner’s first request – otherwise |
Nil
$17.95 |
Nil
$18.25 |
| Inspection of the body corporate records – if the person inspecting the records is not a lot owner | $34.50 | $35.10 |
| To obtain copies of a record kept by the body corporate under section 205(2)(b) of the Act – (for each page) | $0.65 | $0.65 |
| To request a body corporate information certificate under section 205(4) of the Act
– Plus a priority fee I required within 24 hours – Plus a fee if the certificate is to be faxed |
$66.55
$25.00 $17.20 |
$67.70 $25.45 $17.50 |
Find out more here: Fees for accessing body corporate records.
Dispute resolution services
| All Modules | Previous Fee | New Fee |
| Application for Conciliation | $85.30 | $86.75 |
| Application for interim and final orders – of an Adjudicator | $179.20 | $182.30 |
| Application for final orders only – of an Adjudicator | $85.30 | $86.75 |
| Application under section 246 of the Act
a. To inspect an application under section 238 of the Act, submissions under section 243(2)(b) of the Act, or replies to submissions under section 244(2)(b) of the Act – i. for each hour of part of an hour ii. maximum fee payable for a day |
$18.60
$72.95 |
$18.90
$74.20 |
| b. To be given copies of an application under section 238 of the Act, submissions under section 243(2)(b) of the Act, or replies to submissions under section 244(2)(b) of the Act, for each page –
i. for less than 20 pages ii. for 20 to 50 pages iii. for more than 50 pages |
$2.10
$1.75 $1.30 |
$2.15
$1.80 $1.30 |
Find out more here: Disputes in a body corporate.
Search of Adjudicators orders
| Application under section 299 of the Act for information about orders.
– Search to be collected by client from the Commissioner’s Office – Search to be posted or emailed to client – Search to be faxed to client |
$19.15
$22.30 $28.75 |
$19.50
$22.70 $29.25 |
Find out more here: Search of adjudicators’ orders.
Access BCCM forms via this link: BCCM services and forms.
Information Service Freecall 1800 060 119 Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management
This post appears in Strata News #490.
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