Utility Infrastructure Responsibilities We often receive questions from owners, occupiers and committees about who is responsible for the maintenance of utility infrastructure within community titles schemes. Working out this responsibility is not always simple as the circumstances of a specific scheme may change the answer. This article highlights some common scenarios that bodies corporate experience […]

Top 10 of 2022 Welcome back and Happy New Year to all our readers. While I’m sure we are all still adjusting to writing 2023 and getting into the swing of the New Year the team here at Smart Strata wanted to follow tradition and take the time to highlight our top-read updates from 2022. […]

Decision-making timeframes Timeframes are an integral part of most legislation – not just body corporate legislation – as they clarify obligations and remove the doubt that has the potential to create unnecessary conflict. For instance, under the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008, a property owner must respond within 14 days from the date a […]