Body Corporate and Community Management (Standard Module) Regulation 2020 (Qld)

Body Corporate and Community Management (Standard Module) Regulation 2020

Chapter 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Body Corporate and Community Management (Standard Module) Regulation 2020.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 March 2021.

3 Application of this regulation— Act , s 21 (1) This regulation is a regulation module for the Act. (2) This regulation is the regulation module that applies to a community titles scheme if no other regulation module applies to the scheme. Notes— 1 Section 21(4)(b) of the Act gives the following examples of community titles schemes where no other regulation module applies— (a) the community management statement for a scheme fails to identify a regulation module as the regulation module applying to the scheme; (b) the community management statement for a scheme identifies as the regulation module applying to the scheme a regulation module that, under section 21(3) of the Act, does not apply to the scheme. 2 Under section 21(3) of the Act a regulation module does not apply if it states circumstances that must exist for a community titles scheme for the regulation module to apply to the scheme and the circumstances do not exist for the scheme.

4 Dictionary The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this regulation.

5 References to committee, chairperson, secretary or treasurer (1) In a provision of this regulation about a community titles scheme— (a) a reference to the committee is a reference to the committee for the body corporate for the scheme; and (b) a reference to the chairperson is a reference to the chairperson of the body corporate for the scheme; and (c) a reference to the secretary is a reference to the secretary of the body corporate for the scheme; and (d) a reference to the treasurer is a reference to the treasurer of the body corporate for the scheme. Note— Under section 8 of the Act, in a provision about a community titles scheme, a reference to any of the following persons or things is a reference to the person or thing for the scheme— 1 scheme land 2 body corporate 3 common property 4 body corporate assets 5 community management statement 6 original owner 7 by-laws 8 body corporate manager, service contractor or letting agent. (2) If, for a community titles scheme, a body corporate manager is acting under a chapter 3, part 5 engagement, a reference in this regulation to the committee, chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the body corporate for the scheme is, if the context permits, a reference to the body corporate manager. Example— Sections 52, 86(1)(b), 93, 172, 173 and 174 are provisions where the context permits a reference to the committee to be a reference to a body corporate manager acting under a chapter 3, part 5 engagement.