Question: Our strata manager charges for holding an EGM. Can our Owners Corporation meet without the strata manager and pass resolutions that are legally effective? We only have 4 units and all owners are on the strata committee.
Answer: The owners corporation retains all its functions despite any delegation to the strata managing agent.
Yes, absolutely. The owners corporation retains all its functions despite any delegation to the strata managing agent: Section 53, Strata Schemes Management Act 2015
53 Exercise of delegated functions by strata managing agent
- A function delegated under this Division may, while the delegation remains unrevoked, be exercised from time to time in accordance with the delegation.
- Despite any delegation made under this Division, the owners corporation may continue to exercise all or any of the functions delegated.
This post appears in Strata News #549.