Help and information
The government's own plain-English guidance for your scheme.
- Body corporate and community managementThe Queensland Government's index to committees, by-laws, maintenance, records, money and disputes.
- Services of the BCCM officeFree information service, free online training and newsletters from the Commissioner's office.
- Body corporate recordsWhat records must be kept, for how long, and owners' rights to see them.
Disputes
Where to go when something can't be sorted out at the committee table.
- Disputes in a body corporateStart here: sort it out yourselves first, then BCCM conciliation or adjudication.
- BCCM dispute resolution servicesWho can apply, how conciliation and adjudication work, the fees, and enforcing orders.
- QCAT: community living and body corporateThe tribunal's body corporate work, such as lot entitlement adjustments and appeals.
The law itself
The Acts, straight from the official legislation website.
- Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997Queensland's main body corporate law.
- The Act and its regulation modulesLinks to the Standard, Accommodation, Commercial and Small Schemes modules. Check which one your scheme uses.
Plans, titles and scheme documents
Where to search or order the scheme plan, title and registered by-laws.
- Titles QueenslandSearch titles and survey plans online and check the status of a dealing.
Builders, trades and defects
Check a licence before you hire, and where to take defective work.
- QBCC lists and registersThe QBCC licensee register and the suspended, cancelled and excluded lists.
- QBCC: defective work disputeComplain about defective building work, get a direction to rectify, or claim home warranty insurance.
Also worth bookmarking
Other official pages committee members end up needing.
- Registering a pool or spaEvery pool, including a shared body corporate pool, must be on the QBCC pool register.
- Body corporate managersWhat a body corporate manager does. Queensland managers do not currently need a licence.
Official forms
Where your state has an official or prescribed form, use it. For everything else, use our free forms.
- BCCM services and formsEvery current BCCM form, grouped by task. Queensland forms are approved forms, so use the official version.
- Body corporate by-lawsHow by-laws are made and enforced, and where the contravention notice forms fit in.
- Body corporate recordsIncludes the forms for updating the roll and requesting information.
- Queensland statutory declarationThe statutory declaration form for body corporate matters in Queensland.
Strata managers in Queensland
Thinking about changing managers? Start with these. Changing manager is usually a decision for a general meeting, and your current agreement sets out the notice period, so check both before you sign anything new.
Finders and registers
- SCA Strata DirectoryThe Strata Community Association's national directory of member strata managers and suppliers.
Strata management companies, A to Z
| Company | Areas they list |
|---|---|
| Ace Body Corporate Management | Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Far North Queensland |
| Active Body Corporate | Gold Coast, Brisbane |
| Archers the Strata Professionals | Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Mackay, Airlie Beach, Cairns |
| BCS Strata (PICA Group) | Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Mackay, Townsville, Cairns |
| Bright & Duggan | Brisbane, Gold Coast and regional Queensland |
| Capitol BCA | Brisbane, Gold Coast |
| Northern Body Corporate Management | Townsville, Cairns, Whitsundays |
| SSKB | Brisbane |
| Stratacare Australia | Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast |
| Sunstate Strata | Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Hervey Bay |
| Tower Body Corporate | Gold Coast, Brisbane, South East Queensland |
| Whittles | Brisbane, Cleveland, Sunshine Coast |
Listed alphabetically. No company paid to be listed and none is recommended over another. Get at least three quotes and ask each one what is included in the base fee.
Local reading
Owner groups, the industry body and law firms that publish free plain-English articles for Queensland.
- Unit Owners Association of QueenslandQueensland owner advocacy with frequent articles on committees, levies and reform.
- UOAQ: guides for committee membersPractical guides, including what a new treasurer or committee member wishes they had known.
- SCA QueenslandThe industry body's Queensland chapter.
- Redchip Strata Law: insightsWeekly Queensland body corporate articles on by-laws, records and resident managers.
- Grace Lawyers: body corporateQueensland body corporate articles and case notes.
- Mahoneys: news and insightsQueensland body corporate and management rights articles and free guides.
For news, forums and podcasts from across Australia, see what owners are talking about.
Want it all explained in one place?
The Queensland edition of The Committee Member Handbook walks through the job in plain English, written for QLD's own law.