Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a unit is owned by 2 or more people (whether as joint tenants or tenants in common).
(2) The owners of the unit must, by written notice to the owners corporation, authorise an individual to represent them as their agent (the unit owners' representative ) for this Act.
(3) The unit owners' representative must be 1 of the owners.
Note If a company is a part-owner of the unit, the company's own representative may also be authorised as the unit owners' representative (see s 44 (Company-owned units—functions of representatives)).
(4) The notice of authorisation must—
(a) be given to the owners corporation within 14 days after the lodgment for registration of the instrument under which the unit first becomes owned by 2 or more people; and
(b) include the full name and an address for correspondence of the representative; and
(c) be signed by each owner of the unit.
(5) The unit owners may change their representative by written notice to the owners corporation.
(6) The notice of change of authorisation must—
(a) include the full name and an address for correspondence of the new representative; and
(b) be signed by each owner of the unit.
(7) The unit owners' representative may change the address for correspondence by written notice to the owners corporation of the change.
(8) The notice of change of address must be signed by the representative.
(9) This section may be enforced in the same way as an article of the owners corporation (see section 127 (Effect of articles)).