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OWNERS CORPORATIONS ACT 2006
No. 69 of 2006
Version incorporating amendments as at 12 February 2008
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1-INTRODUCTORY
1. Purposes
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
PART 2-FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF OWNERS CORPORATION
Division 1-Functions and powers of owners corporation
4. Functions of owners corporation
5. Owners corporation must act in good faith
6. Powers of owners corporation
7. Owners corporations for 2-lot subdivisions
8. Owners corporations that are limited to common property
9. Power to employ or engage persons
10. Power to execute documents etc.
11. Power to delegate
Division 2-Powers relating to services
12. Provision of services to members and occupiers
13. Owners corporation not to carry on business
Division 3-Powers relating to property
14. Leasing or licensing of the common property
15. Power to obtain lease or licence over land
16. Power to acquire and dispose of personal property
17. Owners corporation must not mortgage or charge common property
Division 4-Power to bring legal proceedings
18. Power to bring legal proceedings
Division 5-The common seal
19. The common seal
20. When can the common seal be used?
21. Who must witness the use of the common seal?
22. Judicial notice of use of common seal
PART 3-FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Division 1-Financial powers
23. Owners corporation may levy fees
24. Extraordinary fees
25. Power to borrow money
26. Power to invest
27. Bank account
28. Liability of lot owners
29. Penalty interest on arrears
30. Recovery of money owed
31. Fee notice
32. Final notice
Division 2-Accounts and audit
33. Financial records
34. Financial statements
35. Audit of accounts of owners corporations
Division 3-Maintenance plan
36. Maintenance plan
37. What must a maintenance plan contain?
38. When does a maintenance plan have effect?
39. Report on approved maintenance plan
Division 4-Maintenance fund
40. Establishment of maintenance fund
41. What is the maintenance fund for?
42. Payments into maintenance fund
43. Payments from maintenance fund
44. Extraordinary payments from maintenance fund
45. Extraordinary payments for urgent matters
Division 5-Asset management
46. Owners corporation to repair and maintain common property
47. Owners corporation must repair and maintain services
48. Lots not properly maintained
49. Cost of repairs, maintenance or other work
50. When can an owners corporation authorise a person to enter a lot?
51. What notice of entry must be given?
52. Significant alteration to common property requires special resolution
53. Upgrading of common property
Division 6-Insurance
54. What is an insurable building?
55. Members may take out insurance
56. Owners corporation has insurable interest
57. Amount payable under owners corporation insurance
58. Insurance if lot mortgaged
59. Reinstatement and replacement insurance
60. Public liability insurance
61. Insurance for lots in multi-level developments
62. Owners corporation may have additional insurance
63. Insurance not required where there is no common property
64. Insurance not required where another owners corporation has insured
65. Valuation of buildings
PART 4-MEETINGS AND DECISIONS OF OWNERS CORPORATION
Division 1-First meeting of owners corporation
66. When must the first meeting be held?
67. What documents must be provided at the first meeting?
68. Obligations of initial owner
Division 2-Annual general meeting
69. Annual general meeting
70. Who may convene annual general meetings?
71. Agenda for annual general meeting
72. Notice of annual general meetings
Division 3-Special general meetings
73. What is a special general meeting?
74. Who can convene a special general meeting?
75. Agenda for special general meeting
76. Notice of special general meetings
Division 4-Procedure at general meetings
77. Quorum for a general meeting
78. Can a general meeting proceed even without a quorum?
79. Who chairs the general meeting?
80. Procedure at meeting
81. Minutes of meetings
82. Owners corporation may require certain matters to be dealt
with at general meetings
Division 5-Ballots
83. Who can arrange a ballot?
84. How can a ballot be conducted?
85. Notice of ballot
86. Resolution by ballot
Division 6-Proxies and powers of attorney
87. Proxies
88. Voting under power of attorney
89. Person not to require a lot owner to give a power of attorney
or proxy
Division 7-Decisions of owners corporation
90. Resolutions by meeting or ballot
91. One vote for each lot
92. Voting at a meeting
93. Does the chairperson have a casting vote?
94. Can a lot owner vote if fees are unpaid?
95. What is a unanimous resolution?
96. What is a special resolution?
97. Interim special resolutions
Division 8-Office-holders
98. Chairperson of owners corporation
99. Secretary
PART 5-COMMITTEES
100. Election of committee
101. Functions and powers of committee
102. Delegation by committee
103. Membership of committees
104. Casual vacancies on a committee
105. Chairperson of committee
106. Acting chairperson
107. Secretary of committee
108. How can a meeting of a committee be called?
109. Notice of meetings
110. Co-opted members
111. Ballots
112. Proceedings of committee
113. Resolutions of committee to be resolutions of owners
corporation
114. Minutes
115. Committee to report
116. Sub-committees
117. Duties of committees and sub-committees
118. Immunity of committee members
PART 6-MANAGERS
119. Appointment and removal of manager
120. Functions of manager where there is a committee
121. Functions of manager where there is no committee
122. Duties of manager
123. Immunity of volunteer manager
124. Delegation
125. VCAT may appoint manager
126. Report
127. Manager to return records
PART 7-DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF LOT OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS
128. Compliance with laws
129. Care of lots
130. Care of common property
131. Overhanging eaves
132. Right to decorate interior walls, floors and ceilings
133. Notice of planning and building applications and plans of subdivision
134. Address of new owners
135. Address of absent owners
136. Advice to occupiers
137. Duties of occupiers of lots
PART 8-RULES OF THE OWNERS CORPORATION
138. Power to make rules
139. Model rules
140. Rules to be of no effect if inconsistent with law
141. Who is bound by the rules?
142. Recording of rules
143. Rules to be given to lot owners
PART 9-RECORDS
Division 1-Keeping of records
144. Keeping of records
145. How long must records be kept?
146. Availability of records
Division 2-Owners corporation register
147. Owners corporation register
148. What must be kept on the owners corporation register?
149. In what form must the register be kept?
150. Availability of register
Division 3-Owners corporation certificate
151. Owners corporation certificate
PART 10-DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Division 1-Complaints and procedures
152. Complaints
153. Decision whether to take action in respect of alleged breach
154. Notice of decision not to take action
155. Notice to rectify breach
156. What if the person does not rectify the breach?
157. Final notice
158. How may notice be given?
159. Report to annual general meeting
Division 2-Powers of Director
160. Making a complaint
161. Conciliation and mediation
PART 11-APPLICATIONS TO VCAT
Division 1-Owners corporation disputes
162. VCAT may hear and determine disputes
163. Who may apply to VCAT in relation to a dispute?
164. VCAT may dismiss application
165. What orders can VCAT make?
166. Penalty for breach of rules
167. What must VCAT consider?
168. Monetary orders
169. Notice to Business Licensing Authority
Division 2-Exemption orders
170. Owners corporation may apply to VCAT for exemption
171. VCAT may make exemption order
Division 3-Restriction of access to records
172. Application to VCAT to restrict access to information
Division 4-Appointment of administrator
173. Application for appointment of administrator
174. Appointment of administrator
175. Remuneration of administrator
176. Powers and responsibilities of administrator
177. Administrator to act in good faith
PART 12-REGISTRATION OF MANAGERS
Division 1-Managers to be registered
178. Offence to act as manager without being registered
179. Eligibility for registration
180. Application for registration
181. Further information
182. Registration
183. Annual registration fee and statement
184. Extension of time
185. Failure to lodge annual statement
186. Automatic cancellation of registration
187. Death, disability etc. of registered manager
188. If details given in application or annual statement change
189. Offence to supply false or misleading information
190. Cancellation of registration if false information is given
191. Application for review
Division 2-Register of managers
192. Register of managers
193. Purposes of register of managers
194. What must the register of managers contain?
195. Inspection of register of managers
196. Removal of information from register of managers
197. Duty of Licensing Registrar
Division 3-General
198. Provision of information for the purposes of this Act
199. Application of Fair Trading Act 1999.
PART 13-GENERAL
200. Approved forms
201. Money to be paid to Victorian Property Fund
202. Certain provisions of contracts void
203. Who may bring proceedings for offences?
204. Regulation-making powers
205. Transitional provisions
PART 14-AMENDMENT OF SUBDIVISION ACT 1988.
206. Definitions
207. Application of Act
208. Council role
209. Easements and other rights
210. Registration of plan
211. New Part 5 substituted
PART 5-SUBDIVISIONS WITH OWNERS CORPORATIONS
Division 1-Creation of owners corporation
must be created
Division 2-Common property
Division 3-Alteration of a subdivision
alteration of plan
Division 4-General provisions relating to plans
Division 5-Disputes and other proceedings relating to owners corporations
Division 6-Winding up of owners corporation
212. References to body corporate
213. Repeal of section 38.
214. Other disputes arising under Subdivision Act 1988.
215. Regulations
216. New sections 47 and 48 inserted
PART 15-AMENDMENT OF SALE OF LAND ACT 1962.
217. New section 9AAA substituted
218. New section 11 substituted
219. Section 32 certificate
PART 16-AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS
220. Amendment of Business Licensing Authority Act 1998.
221. Amendment of Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995.
222. Amendment of Limitation of Actions Act 1958.
223. Amendment of Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998.
PART 15AB-OWNERS CORPORATIONS ACT 2006.
224. Amendment of Other Acts
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SCHEDULE 1-Power to Make Rules of Owners Corporation
1. Health, safety and security
2. Committees and sub-committees
3. Management and administration
4. Use of common property
5. Lots
6. Design
7. Behaviour of persons
8. Dispute resolution
9. Notices and documents
10. Common seal
SCHEDULE 2-Transitional Provisions
1. Definitions
2. General transitional provisions
3. Subdivision bodies corporate deemed to be owners
corporations
4. References to subdivision bodies corporate
5. Rules of body corporate
6. Body corporate certificate
7. Committees
8. Resolutions
9. Managers
10. Administrators
11. Transitional regulations
SCHEDULE 3-Consequential Amendments
1. Accident Compensation Act 1985.
2. Credit Act 1984.
3. Docklands Act 1991.
4. Equal Opportunity Act 1995.
5. Estate Agents Act 1980.
6. Fair Trading Act 1999.
7. Retirement Villages Act 1986.
8. Southgate Project Act 1994.
9. Tobacco Act 1987.
10. Transfer of Land Act 1958.
11. Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998.
12. Water Act 1989.
13. Water Industry Act 1994.
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ENDNOTES
1. General Information
2. Table of Amendments
3. Explanatory Details
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