From August 1 2025, new property legislation is impacting the Queensland body corporate landscape. In the new legislation, there is much more responsibility on lot owners who are selling their lot to disclose information to potential buyers. ‘Buyer beware’ will be less of a catchcry because the seller is now obligated to inform the buyer […]
It is always the reposnsibility of the committee when dealing with perimeter fences that separare body corporate scheme land from an adjoining neighbour. However, this is not the same when dealing with trees. One of our schemes was recently asked to remove a tree that was impacting a neigbour. The neighbour had filled out the […]
Recently, a lot owner in a large complex with a basement carpark had an issue regarding their car park space which had been allocated to their lot as an exclusive use area (EUA). They were parking their mobility scooter at the rear of the area where they parked their small car. Both the car and […]
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Fun fact! There are no body corporate policemen. The Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management (BCCM) legislation is overwhelming. The Act combined with the associated regulation together exceeds 600 pages. The documentation is extremely prescriptive. For a self managed scheme, this can be very helpful so that committees can use the documentation to administer their […]
Since November 13th 2023, the ATO no longer permits tax agents to assign themselves as the tax agent for your body corporate. The tax agent can only become the organisation’s agent after an authorised person of the body corporate has nominated the tax agent in the ATO online portal. If your body corporate doesn’t have […]
Both penalties and discounts are permitted to be applied to levies issued by bodies corporates that are regulated by the BCCM Act. However, it is our experience that penalties are best applied on all levies but that discounts are only applied in special circumstances. The Act permits a maximum levy penalty rate of 2.5% per […]
Many schemes in South East Queensland have had issues with lot owners leasing their lots using AirBNB or other similar service providers. The BCCMA prohibits by-laws that restrict the leasing of units or restrict the type of residential use that can be made of the unit. By-laws seeking to prohibit the short term letting of […]
There will be plenty of websites wanting to tell you about the new changes to the Queensland BCCM regulations that will come into force on March 1st 2021. Rather than giving our spin on the new regulations, we recommend reading the summary of the changes to the Standard module regulation as written by the queensland […]
The government has addressed COVID-19 temporary measures to assist lot owners in bodies corporate. One of those measures requires any penalty interest that would normally be applied to a lot ledger, due to an upaid levy, to not be applied. This measure must be in place from 25th May through to 31st December 2020. After […]