Queensland Consolidated Acts

BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SCHEDULE 1A

SCHEDULE 1A – Code of conduct for committee voting members

1 Commitment to acquiring understanding of Act, including this code

A committee voting member must have a commitment to acquiring an understanding of this Act, including this code of conduct, relevant to the member’s role on the committee.

2 Honesty, fairness and confidentiality

(1) A committee voting member must act honestly and fairly in performing the member’s duties as a committee voting member.

(2) A committee voting member must not unfairly or unreasonably disclose information held by the body corporate, including information about an owner of a lot, unless authorised or required by law to do so.

3 Acting in body corporate’s best interests

A committee voting member must act in the best interests of the body corporate in performing the member’s duties as a committee voting member, unless it is unlawful to do so.

4 Complying with Act and this code

A committee voting member must take reasonable steps to ensure the member complies with this Act, including this code, in performing the member’s duties as a committee voting member.

5 Nuisance

A committee voting member must not—

(a) cause a nuisance on scheme land; or

(b) otherwise behave in a way that unreasonably affects a person’s lawful use or enjoyment of a lot or common property.

6 Conflict of interest

A committee voting member must disclose to the committee any conflict of interest the member may have in a matter before the committee.