Strata NSW Covid-19 Laws Extended

To help strata and community associations to continue to manage their responsibilities of COVID-19 the NSW Government has extended the timeline for these laws to remain in place.

Laws were previously added to the Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 and the Community Land Management Regulation 2021 in response to the NSW COVID-19 outbreak.

These laws included allowing voting at remote meetings to be held electronically by tele or video conferencing, email or other electronic means. It is important to note that these laws will still apply even if a motion has not been passed.

New COVID-19 Strata Law Deadlines

Initially these temporary laws were to end on 31 May 2022 however they will now remain in place until 30 September 2022.

For further information visit: Strata Schemes Management Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation 2022 and the Community Land Management Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation 2022.

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SCA (NSW) and various strata managers have published guidelines on whether cleaning contractors and tradies can work in strata buildings under the latest public health order that commenced on 19 July 2021.

The true position is as follows:

• Cleaners and tradies can only do work in a residential strata building in the Greater Sydney Area:
  • If the work is urgently required; and
  • The work is required to ensure the health, safety or security of building or its residents (e.g. urgent waste disposal); or
  • The work is required because of an emergency (e.g. a burst pipe, flooding event or fire).

This does not allow routine cleaning and maintenance to be performed by cleaning contractors and tradies in a residential strata building in Sydney.

For more information read our analysis here Covid-19_Cleaners and Tradies in Strata

If you want to know more, or are interested in our in our Covid-19 by-law click here.

For all NSW strata legal advice including by-laws, building defects and levy collections contact us here or call 02 9562 1266, we’re happy to assist.

There have been a number of important key changes made to strata laws over the last 6 months.

This includes changes to legislation and recent court and NCAT decisions.

In this article we provide an overview of those key changes to help you get across them and make recommendations as to what you should do get the most out of them and to ensure you comply with them.

The article covers the following strata law key changes:

• Building Defects – duty of care
• Removing abandoned goods and illegally parked cars – the new rules
• Developer and common property rights by-laws
• No pets by-laws
• NCAT – can now award damages
• COVID-19 – strata regulations extended
• Short term rental accommodation – mandatory code of conduct

The full article and recommendations are available here An Overview of Recent Key Changes to Strata Law

For all NSW strata legal including by-laws, building defect and levy collection advice contact us here or call 02 9562 1266, we’re happy to assist.