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STRATA SCHEMES MANAGEMENT ACT 2015 - SECT 271

Regulations

271 Regulations

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) In particular, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following--
(a) the forms to be used for the purposes of this Act,
(b) the fees to be paid for applications made to the Secretary under this Act and the remission of fees,
(c) the nomination and election of members of strata committees,
(d) alternative dispute resolution under this Act,
(e) the procedure for meetings of the owners corporation of a large strata scheme,
(f) the delegation of functions of the owners corporation of a large strata scheme,
(g) the decisions or classes of decisions that may or may not be made by the strata committee of a large strata scheme,
(h) the functions of officers of an owners corporation of a large strata scheme,
(i) the management of the administrative fund or capital works fund of the owners corporation of a large strata scheme,
(j) the exclusion of a particular class or classes of strata scheme from any or all of the provisions of Part 12,
(k) requiring information and other matters to be brought to the attention of owners and strata committee members in respect of the provision of legal services to an owners corporation,
(l) requirements for agreements between owners corporations and local councils relating to strata parking areas under section 650A of the Local Government Act 1993 ,
(m) the service of documents by electronic means under this Act,
(n) the form in which documents required to be provided or delivered under this Act may be so provided or delivered,
(o) requiring persons to provide information about strata schemes to the Secretary, including for the purposes of the Secretary making that information publicly available on the internet or in any other way.
(2A) Regulations under subsection (2)(o) may, without limitation, prescribe the following--
(a) the types of information that must be provided whether by reference to classes of strata scheme or otherwise,
(b) the way in which the information must be provided, including the form in which it must be provided,
(c) the persons who must provide the information,
(d) the time in which the information must be provided,
(e) any restrictions on the use or disclosure of the information,
(f) the procedures for correcting the information,
(g) the payment by an owners corporation, on a periodic basis, of amounts to the Secretary for administration relating to the information,
(h) the fees, if any, for accessing the information,
(i) offences, with a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units, for failing to comply with the regulations made under subsection (2)(o).
(3) A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 200 penalty units.



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