Has the $200 per lot spending limit changed in QLD strata?

QLD

Committee & Governance

I understand in QLD a community can decide on maintenance up to a value of $200 per lot times the number of lots in the complex. Has this changed? For decisions of a greater expense, what is the process required?

There has been an exception to that $200 per lot rule where if it's for insurance, the committee can exceed that amount.

The one thing to keep in mind though, is that the $200 per lot number can be changed by the body corporate. They can go to general meeting by ordinary resolution and make it $1,000 per lot or a flat sum of $500 or $1,000,000 dollars, whatever the body corporate decides. It's always good to check whether the spending limit has previously been changed.

What these regulation modules have done, is they've added an exception to that amount, which is for insurance.

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Published: 10 Apr 2026

Last Updated: 7 Jul 2026

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Todd Garsden

Mahoneys

Todd is an experienced property lawyer who heads up Mahoneys body corporate team.

Todd specialises in body corporate law and predominantly acts for bodies corporate, body corporate managers and lot owners on all matters affecting bodies corporate.

Todd is an active member of the Strata Community Association (Qld). In 2019 he was appointed to the Strata Community Association (Qld) legislation committee and assists in making submissions on behalf of the Strata Community Association (Qld) on issues such as legislative reform in body corporate law.

As Todd is also a body corporate committee member, he understands the day to day requirements of administering a body corporate.

Todd has a focus on achieving practical and commercial results for his clients and understands the market in which bodies corporate operate within.

Todd also provides body corporate managers, and other industry stakeholders, with presentations and training on matters affecting the body corporate industry.