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UNIT TITLES (MANAGEMENT) ACT 2011 (NO. 41 OF 2011)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Dictionary
4. Notes
5. Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
6. Objects of Act
PART 2--MANAGEMENT OF UNITS PLANS
Division 2.1--Who manages a units plan?
7. Owners corporation
Division 2.2--Owners corporation—general
8. Owners corporation—establishment
9. Owners corporation—legal status
Division 2.3--Owners corporation—membership and representatives
10. Members of owners corporation
11. Part-owners of units—authorisation of representatives
12. Part-owners of units—functions of representatives
13. Company-owned units—authorisation of representatives
14. Company-owned units—functions of representatives
15. Evidence of representative status
PART 3--FUNCTIONS OF OWNERS CORPORATIONS
Division 3.1--Functions generally
16. Owners corporation—functions
17. Owners corporation—general meetings
18. Exemptions for units plans with 4 or fewer units
Division 3.2--Functions relating to property
19. Common property
20. Dealings with common property
21. Dealings in property generally
22. Special privileges relating to common property
23. Installation of sustainability and utility infrastructure on common
Division 3.3--Maintenance and other services
24. Maintenance obligations
25. Owners corporation may exempt itself from maintenance obligations
26. Other qualifications on owners corporation's maintenance
27. Structural defects—owners corporation may represent members
28. Owners corporation—entry to units
29. Work on behalf of particular unit owners or occupiers
30. Recovery of costs—agreements under s 29
31. Recovery of expenditure resulting from member or unit occupier's
Division 3.4--Other matters
32. Animals—owners corporation's consent
33. Restriction on owners corporation during developer control period
PART 4--PEOPLE HELPING THE OWNERS CORPORATION EXERCISE ITS FUNCTIONS
Division 4.1--Executive committees
34. Executive committee—establishment
35. Executive committee—functions
36. Executive committee—what it must, may and cannot do
37. Executive committee—meetings
38. Executive committee—before the first annual general meeting
39. Executive committee—at and from the first annual general
40. Executive committee—office-holders
41. Executive committee—chairperson's functions
42. Executive committee—secretary's functions
43. Executive committee—treasurer's functions
44. Executive committee—delegation
45. Executive committee—contractors and employees
46. Executive members—code of conduct
47. Executive members—protection from liability
48. Executive committee—validity of acts
Division 4.2--Managers
49. Definitions—div 4.2
50. Manager—contract
51. Manager not to be contracted for longer than 3 years
52. Manager—functions
53. Manager—transfer
54. Manager—ending contract
55. Manager—remedial breaches
56. Manager—code of conduct
57. Manager—public liability insurance
58. Manager—delegated functions
Division 4.3--Service contractors
59. Definitions—div 4.3
60. Service contractor—contract
61. Service contractor not to be contracted for longer than
62. Service contractor—functions
63. Service contractor—transfer
64. Service contractor—ending contract
65. Service contractor—remedial breaches
Division 4.4--Communication officers
66. Communications officer—appointment
67. Communications officer—function
PART 5--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Division 5.1--Financial functions generally
68. Owners corporation must have bank account
69. Owners corporation may invest
70. Owners corporation may borrow
71. Owners corporation must not carry on business
Division 5.2--Administrative, special purpose and sinking funds
72. Definitions—div 5.2
73. Administrative fund
74. Special purpose fund
75. General fund—budget
76. General fund—what must be paid into the fund?
77. General fund—what can fund be used for?
78. General fund—contributions
79. General fund—notice of contributions
80. General fund—when are contributions payable?
81. Sinking fund
82. Sinking fund plan
83. Sinking fund plan—meaning of expected sinking fund
84. Sinking fund plan—when must it be approved?
85. Sinking fund plan—review
86. Sinking fund plan—amendment
87. Sinking fund—what must be paid into the fund?
88. Sinking fund—what can fund be used for?
89. Sinking fund—contributions
90. Sinking fund—notice of contributions
91. Sinking fund—when are contributions payable?
92. General and sinking funds in staged developments
Division 5.3--Powers in relation to money owing to owners corporation
93. Discounts—amounts owing
94. Interest—amounts owing
95. Recovery of amounts owing
96. Security for unpaid amounts—declaration of charge
97. Security for unpaid amounts—discharge
98. Liability of part-owners
Division 5.4--Insurance
99. Meaning of building and land—div 5.4
100. Building insurance by owners corporation
101. Exemption from building insurance requirements
102. Public liability insurance by owners corporation
103. Application of insurance money by owners corporation
104. Additional insurance—owners corporation
105. Additional insurance—unit owners
PART 6--OWNERS CORPORATION RULES
106. What are the rules of an owners corporation?
107. Effect of rules
108. Owners corporation may amend rules
109. Breach of rules—rule infringement notice
110. Breach of rules—failure to comply with rule infringement
111. Breach of rules—request for rule infringement notice
112. Application of Legislation Act
PART 7--OWNERS CORPORATION RECORDS
113. Corporate register—establishment
114. Corporate register—information to be included
115. Corporate register—provision of information
116. Corporate register—access
117. Names and addresses of executive members
118. Insurance information
119. Unit title certificate and access to owners corporation records
120. Acting on information in unit title certificate
121. Failure to provide information or certificate—offence
122. Owners corporation name, address and letterbox
123. Service of documents on owners corporation
124. Service of documents on members, interested people and occupiers
PART 8--DISPUTE RESOLUTION
125. Disputes involving the owners corporation—generally
126. Disputes involving the owners corporation—particular matters
127. Disputes involving the executive committee
128. Disputes between unit owners
129. Kinds of ACAT orders
PART 9--PROTECTION OF FINANCIERS FOR SERVICE CONTRACTS
130. Meaning of financed service contract and financier—pt
131. Who is a financier for a service contract?
132. Financed service contract—notice of change
133. Financed service contract—limitation on ending
134. Financed service contract—person authorised to act for
135. Financed service contract—agreement between owners corporation and financier
PART 10--ADMINISTRATORS
Division 10.1--Interested parties
136. Who may apply for an administration order?
137. ACAT appearances and service of applications
Division 10.2--Appointment, removal and functions
138. Appointment of administrator
139. Removal or replacement of administrator
140. Functions of administrator
141. Delegation by administrator
PART 11--MISCELLANEOUS
Division 11.1--Mortgage insurance
142. Mortgage insurance of unit
143. Payment under mortgage insurance policies
144. Transfer of mortgagee's interest to insurer
Division 11.2--Miscellaneous
145. Determination of fees
146. Approved forms
147. Regulation-making power
148. Legislation amended—sch 5
PART 12--TRANSITIONAL
149. Definitions—pt 12
150. Existing corporations and executive committees
151. Representatives
152. Managers
153. Service contracts
154. Communication officers
155. Administrators
156. Agreements for work on behalf of unit owners or occupiers
157. Sinking fund plans
158. Approvals, authorisations, consents, decisions of existing owners corporation
159. General meetings notified before commencement day
160. Articles of pre-2001 corporation
161. Articles of owners corporation under UTA
162. Transitional regulations
163. Unit Titles (Management) Regulation 2011
164. Transitional effect—Legislation Act, s 88
165. Expiry—pt 12 etc
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 4
SCHEDULE 5
SCHEDULE 6
DICTIONARY
ENDNOTES
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