NSW: How quickly must a strata committee approve pets for short-term rental guests?

Question: In a Short Term Rental Agreement where animals are involved, how quickly does the committee need to provide approval?

In a Short Term Rental Agreement where animals are involved, when is there an opportunity for the committee to meet and consider a request for an animal of a Short Term Rental Agreement tenant when there may be only say 7 days notice (if not shorter).

Surely it is not a requirement for a volunteer committee to drop everything and meet to consider such a request and have time to be able to check the bona fides of the animal etc.

Answer: The strata committee could not unreasonably delay its decision. But this does not mean the strata committee would need to drop everything and meet on short notice.

This post appears in Strata News #470.

Adrian Mueller
JS Mueller & Co Lawyers
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