Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if a unit is owned by 2 or more part-owners.
(2) The part-owners of the unit must, by written notice to the owners corporation, authorise an individual to represent them as their agent (the part-owners' representative ) for this Act.
(3) The part-owners' representative must be one of the owners.
Note If a company is a part-owner of the unit, the company's own representative may also be authorised as the part-owners' representative (see s 14 (Company-owned units—functions of representatives)).
(4) The notice of authorisation must—
(a) be given to the owners corporation within 14 days after the lodgment for registration of the instrument under which the unit first becomes owned by the part-owners; and
(b) include the full name and an address for correspondence of the representative; and
(c) be signed by each part-owner of the unit.
(5) The part-owners of the unit may change their representative by written notice to the owners corporation.
(6) The notice of change of authorisation must—
(a) include the full name and an address for correspondence of the new representative; and
(b) be signed by each part-owner of the unit.
(7) The part-owners' representative may change the address for correspondence of the representative by written notice to the owners corporation.
(8) The notice of change of address must be signed by the representative.
(9) This section may be enforced in the same way as a rule of the owners corporation (see section 107 (Effect of rules)).