Question: Some staff from the commercial lots in our building park in the strata visitor car parking spaces. As employees, shouldn’t they be stopped from using visitor parking?
Tyrone Shandiman,
Strata Insurance Solutions Queensland lot owners of strata properties need to be mindful that air-conditioning units servicing an individual lot, whether fixed or not, are not covered by strata insurance.
Anthony Quahe, Civic Legal We address some new responsibilities strata council members and strata managers will have once the amendments to the Strata Titles Act 1985 come into effect.
Alan Short,
Fire & Emergency Services SA Question: What is the law or regulation for a South Australian apartment building to have a fire fighting or evacuation plan prepared and displayed?
Premier of Victoria,
The Hon. Daniel Andrews MP The Andrews Labor Government will pursue dodgy building practitioners on behalf of owners of apartments covered in combustible cladding.
Adrian Mueller,
JS Mueller & Co In at least two recent cases, NCAT has decided that “no pets” by-laws are invalid. Where does this leave “no pets” buildings?
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NAT: Impact to households who are living in apartments with flammable cladding
Are you an owner in a building affected by combustible cladding? RMIT would like to invite you to participate in the ‘‘At what cost? Cladding concerns for owners" research project. They are interested in learning more about scale of the problems owners of property affected by combustible cladding face day to day across Australia, particularly those living in apartments.
QLD: BCCM Regulations - Consultation on Draft Legislation
The community and stakeholders are invited to have their say on consultation drafts of new regulations to support the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997. Draft regulations, and information about the reforms included in the new regulations and how you can have your say can be found at the Department of Justice and Attorney-General community consultation website page.
Consultation for all draft regulations closes 30 October 2019.
QLD: Combustible Cladding Checklist Part 3
Identified building owners have until the 31 October to ensure that they have completed the first step in Part 3 of the three-part Safer Buildings Combustible Cladding Checklist. This involves engaging a fire engineer and registering their details on the combustible cladding checklist. You can find out more about the Safer Buildings Audit, including deadline extensions and important dates here.
