Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (STANDARD MODULE) REGULATION 2020 - REG 99

99 Quorum for general meetings

(1) In addition to being present personally at a general meeting, a voter is taken to be present at the meeting if the voter—

(a) appointed a proxy for the meeting; or

(b) cast a hard copy vote before the start of the meeting; or

(c) cast an electronic vote before the start of the meeting.

(2) For subsection (1) , a body corporate may decide by ordinary resolution that a voter is present personally at a meeting if the voter can cast a vote at the meeting by electronic means.

Examples of an electronic means—

teleconferencing, videoconferencing

(3) A quorum at a general meeting is—

(a) if, under subsection (4) , the body corporate has decided a minimum percentage of voters for a quorum—at least the minimum percentage; or

(b) otherwise—at least 25% of the voters for the meeting.

(4) A body corporate may, by special resolution, decide a minimum percentage of voters for a quorum at a general meeting that is—

(a) not less than 10% of the number of voters; and

(b) not more than 25% of the number of voters.

(5) Despite subsection (3) , the number of voters that must be present personally for a meeting is—

(a) if the number of voters for the meeting is 3 or more—2 unless the body corporate decides by special resolution that only 1 voter may be present; or

(b) if the number of voters for the meeting is fewer than 3—1.

(6) For this section, the number of voters for the meeting must be calculated as follows—

(a) a person whose name is, or whose name must be, recorded on the roll as a voter more than once must be counted as 1 voter;

(b) 2 or more persons whose names are, or whose names must be, recorded on the roll as a voter for the same lot owner, must be counted as 1 voter;

(c) 2 or more co-owners of a lot must be counted as 1 voter.

(7) Despite section 102 (2) , each voter present at the meeting must be counted as a voter for the meeting.