New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STRATA SCHEMES MANAGEMENT REGULATION 2016 - REG 11

11 Nominations for officers of strata committee

(1) The written notice of the first meeting of a strata committee after the appointment of the committee is to include a call for nominations for chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the committee.

(2) Any person who is a member of the strata committee may nominate another member for election as any or all of chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the committee.

(2A) A nomination must be made by written notice or orally at the meeting in accordance with this clause, or the nomination is ineffective.

(3) A nomination made by written notice must be given to the person convening the meeting, stating the name of--

(a) the person nominated, and

(b) the person making the nomination and that the person nominated consents to the nomination.

(4) The person convening the meeting must include any prior nominations in the notice of the meeting at which the election is to take place. Notice of any subsequent nomination is to be given by the convenor at the meeting.

(5) A nomination may be made at any time before the election is held and may be made at the meeting.

(5A) For an oral nomination--

(a) the nomination must be made at the meeting, and

(b) the person nominated must--

(i) be present at the meeting, and

(ii) consent to the nomination.

(6) If a ballot for the election of a person as chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the committee is required, the election is to be conducted by a show of hands of the persons present at the meeting and entitled to vote.

(7) For subclause (6), a person is taken to vote by a show of hands on a matter at a meeting if--

(a) the notice for the meeting specified voting by electronic means while participating in the meeting as a way of voting at the meeting, and

Note--: See the Act, Schedule 2, clause 10(3) and this Regulation, clause 14(a).

(b) the person uses the electronic means to indicate the voter's choice on the matter while participating in the meeting