By-laws take effect immediately on approval
Not correct. By-laws only take effect upon registration and any change has to be lodged at DERM within three months of the motion approving the change. You can read more about by-laws here.
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When you need a Body Corporate lawyer for the first time many committee members find themselves in new and unfamiliar territory. When looking for a Body Corporate lawyer (whether it
Coronavirus in strata
If you want to see what Chris Irons and I think about how strata communities should deal with Coronavirus / Covid-19, please watch this facebook live recording.
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The (former) Commissioner joins Hynes Legal
Yes – that’s right.Chris Irons is starting with us, as reported in the Courier Mail.
As the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management for the past five years, Chris has been
That’s essentially it for this decade
It is incredible to think that Y2K was 20 years ago now, but doesn’t time fly?
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Proposed rental law reform in Queensland and how it could impact the strata sector
The Queensland Government has announced proposed policy changes to rental law that will amend the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 (‘the Act’).
The proposed changes follow consultations with the community and have not
99% (or more) of Queensland bodies corporate still cannot prohibit short term letting
There has been a bit of recent publicity about this decision by a Queensland Magistrate for a body corporate at Fairway Island where the body corporate’s prohibition via a by-law on lot