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So You've Joined an Executive Committee. What Now?

A Plain-English Handbook for ACT Owners Corporation Members: Unit Titles, the Code of Conduct, Sinking Fund Plans, Levies and ACAT Explained

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Your committee is calledExecutive committee
The lawUnit Titles (Management) Act 2011
Disputes go toACAT

Why ACT needs its own book

In the ACT, how you behave on the committee is not just good manners. The Act carries a code of conduct for executive members, and one of its requirements is that you make an effort to understand the Act.

The ACT writes a code of conduct for committee members into the Act itself, and ACAT has used it to overturn committee decisions.

What's inside

  • The Schedule 1 code of conduct, and what it actually requires of you
  • Why your executive committee dissolves at every AGM, and what that means for continuity
  • The AGM insurance disclosure, including commissions
  • Delegations to your manager, and why ACAT wants a signed written instrument
  • The ten-year sinking fund plan: approval, review and amendment
  • Charges over a unit for unpaid contributions, and the other recovery tools
  • The pet rule the Act expressly lets you make
  • Rule infringement notices, with penalties up to $800 for an individual
  • Developer control periods, structural defects, and the power to represent members

Plain English throughout, with checklists, a glossary, worked conversations and ready-to-adapt wording for motions, minutes and contractor briefs. General information only, not legal advice.