Short answer
The strata committee is elected by the owners at each annual general meeting. Owners (or their nominees) are nominated for the available positions; if there are no more nominations than positions, those nominated are elected unopposed, and if there are more, the owners vote to fill the spots. The committee holds office until the next AGM.
How the election runs
- Set the number of positions. The meeting decides how many members the committee will have, up to the maximum the law allows (see strata committee size rules).
- Nominations. Owners and their eligible nominees are put forward.
- Elect. If nominations don’t exceed the places, everyone nominated is in; if they do, the owners vote.
Who’s eligible
Broadly, committee members must be owners or connected to an owner (such as a company nominee or an owner’s nominee), and an owner generally needs to be financial (levies paid up) to be eligible. Exact eligibility rules apply — check them before nominating.
Term
The committee serves until the next annual general meeting, when it’s elected afresh.
Running the AGM and the election cleanly
Nominations, notice, quorum, the vote and the minutes all have to be handled correctly for the committee to be validly elected. A system such as Straita runs the AGM process — notice, agenda, nominations and the record — so the committee is elected properly and the paperwork stands up.
Primary sources
- Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) — election, membership and term of the strata committee.
- NSW Government — Strata schemes (Fair Trading) — electing the committee.