Building (Strata Management) Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management of Strata Subdivided Buildings
53B. Nomination of candidates for election as member
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A nomination of a person for election to be a member of the council of a management corporation or the executive committee of a subsidiary management corporation is of no effect if subsections (2), (3) and (4) are not complied with for that nomination.
council
“council”, in relation to a management corporation, means the council of that management corporation;
Only a subsidiary proprietor, or a person entitled to vote at a general meeting of a management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, may nominate a person for election as a member of the council of the management corporation or the executive committee of the subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be.
subsidiary proprietor
“subsidiary proprietor” has the meaning given by the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
A nomination for election to be a member of the council of a management corporation or the executive committee of a subsidiary management corporation —
management corporation
“management corporation”, in relation to any parcel comprised in a strata title plan, means the management corporation constituted in respect of that strata title plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
may be oral or in writing;
must —
if oral, be made at the general meeting of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation for the purposes of the election; or
if in writing, be given at least 48 hours before the start of the meeting at which the election is to be held to the secretary of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, or to the convenor of the meeting in the case of the first annual general meeting; and
must state —
the name of the person nominated (called in this Act the candidate); and
the name of the person making the nomination (who may or may not be the candidate).
A nomination, whether oral or made in writing, made for the purposes of an election at a general meeting of a management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, is effective only if it is accompanied by the consent of the candidate —
subsidiary management corporation
“subsidiary management corporation”, in relation to any limited common property comprised in a strata title plan, means the subsidiary management corporation constituted for that limited common property under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
given in writing at least 48 hours before the start of the meeting at which the election is to be held to the secretary of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, or to the convenor of the meeting in the case of the first annual general meeting; or
given orally at the meeting.
Any consent by a candidate for election to be a member of the council of a management corporation or the executive committee of a subsidiary management corporation may be effectively withdrawn only by the candidate in person at the general meeting and before the election at the general meeting starts.
executive committee
“executive committee”, in relation to a subsidiary management corporation, means the executive committee of that subsidiary management corporation;