Short answer
The strata committee is a small group elected by the owners each year to handle the day-to-day running of the scheme on the owners corporation’s behalf. Rather than gathering every owner for every decision, the committee manages routine matters within its powers.
What it does
- Arranges repairs and maintenance of common property.
- Oversees the strata manager (if there is one).
- Handles routine operational decisions between general meetings.
Bigger decisions — the budget and levies, by-law changes, appointing or removing a manager — still go to all the owners at a general meeting (see what a committee can decide without a general meeting).
How it’s chosen and how long it serves
The committee is elected at the AGM and holds office until the next AGM. It answers to the owners corporation, which can overrule or replace it.
The committee’s job, made lighter
For a self-managed scheme, the committee is the engine room — and that can feel like a lot for volunteers. A system such as Straita does the actual work behind the committee’s decisions — levies, meetings, records, deadlines — so the committee decides and approves rather than does it all by hand.
Primary sources
- Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) — the strata committee, its election, functions and term.
- NSW Government — Strata schemes (Fair Trading) — the strata committee.