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Committee Roles

How do you remove a strata committee member?

Short answer

The owners corporation can remove a strata committee member — or the whole committee — by passing a resolution at a general meeting. A member can also resign, and a member who becomes ineligible ceases to hold the position automatically. In some situations NCAT can make orders about committee membership.

The main route: a vote of the owners

The owners who elected the committee can also remove a member. This is done by resolution of the owners corporation at a general meeting, so the removal decision belongs to all the owners, not to the committee itself. The resolution can relate to one member, several members, or the entire committee. A person removed this way is generally not eligible to be re-appointed or re-elected for 12 months from the day the resolution is passed, so removal is a genuine consequence rather than a formality.

Other ways a seat becomes vacant

  • Resignation. A member can resign from the committee.
  • Loss of eligibility. If a member stops meeting the eligibility requirements — for example the ownership connection that qualified them ends — their office can be vacated.
  • NCAT orders. The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal can make orders about committee membership in certain disputes, including removing a member or the committee.

Getting the meeting and the resolution right

Removing a member is only valid if the general meeting is properly convened — correct notice, the motion clearly stated on the agenda, quorum, and the result recorded in the minutes. Straita runs that process end to end for a self-managing scheme — the notice, the worded motion, the vote and the record — so a removal (or any contested decision) is handled cleanly and the paperwork holds up if anyone questions it later.

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