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Public Hearing

On Wednesday 31 October 2012, the Committee held a public briefing with the Department of Justice and Attorney-General and a public hearing with invited witnesses. The hearing was broadcast live on the Queensland Parliament website.

A copy of the public hearing program and transcript can be accessed at Relation Publications.

Objective

The principal objective of the Bill is to amend the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 in order to: 

• remove the requirement for bodies corporate to undertake a process prescribed in Chapter 8, Part 9, Division 4 of the Act (the 2011 reversion process) to adjust contribution schedule lot entitlements to reflect the original entitlements prior to any, and all, relevant orders of a court, tribunal or specialist adjudicator if a lot owner submits a motion requesting such a change (to minimise the number of bodies corporate that may be required to undertake the reversion process, this amendment is proposed to take effect on the date of introduction of the Bill into the Legislative Assembly);
• establish a process for contribution schedule lot entitlements that were adjusted pursuant to the 2011 reversion process to be changed to reflect the lot entitlements that applied to the scheme prior to the application of the reversion process;
• remove unnecessary disclosure requirements imposed on sellers of lots in community titles schemes; and
• provide jurisdictional consistency for the resolution of disputes about contribution schedule lot entitlement adjustments.

Other Information

The Body Corporate and Community Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 and Explanatory Notes are available from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel at www.legislation.qld.gov.au.

The Hansard transcript of the explanatory speech for the Bill can be found here.

Reasons for the Bill

Comprehensive reasons for the Bill appear on pages 2-4 of the Explanatory Notes which can be viewed here.

Referral

Report

On 22 November 2012, the Committee tabled its Report No. 16, Body Corporate and Community Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012. A copy of the report is available here or can be accessed at Related Publications.

The Government tabled its response to the Committee's report on 22 February 2013. A copy of the Government Response is available here or can be accessed at Related Publications.

The Body Corporate and Community Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 was passed, with amendment, by the Legislative Assembly on 19 March 2013.