- Target:
- State Administrative Tribunal
- Region:
- Australia
Re: STRATA TITLES ACT 1985 W.A.
Strata Title laws and properties are so complicated and caught up in professional jargon that the general public is unaware and /or does not understand sections of the Strata Titles Act (1985) that specifically relate to them. Many professional bodies who claim to know and understand Strata Title Laws clearly do not. This is evident in such instances as real estate agents not informing the buyer of their obligations or misinforming them, or government organisations such as Landgate misinforming them through each different employee giving different and contradictory advice.
Therefore, citizens who buy into Strata Title properties are more often than not misinformed and this can lead to large disagreements amongst Strata Title owners and cause much grief, concern and sometimes lead to stressful and costly court cases. There is added complication to Strata Title laws through the exemptions and additions to particular type of strata title properties. The average Australian citizen is oblivious of the detail of the Strata Title Act (1985) that relates directly to them.
I suggest amendments to the Strata Tile Act (1985) to ensure it is user friendly to a larger proportion of Australian citizens. More specifically so I motion:
• for real estate agents who sell strata title properties to be thoroughly educated and be monitored closely by REIWA to ensure they are informing buyers of their obligations
• that irrelevant of the type of strata title property (eg – a 5 single storey or 16 double storey), the act needs to ensure that meetings and minutes are held upon particular issues such as joint insurance. This then gives all strata title owners the opportunity to voice their opinion and come to a just outcome
• a strata title manager, weather voluntary due to exemptions in the Strata Title Act or not, is chosen through the owners voting. This will stop individuals who are a part of a strata scheme, the opportunity to dictate and manipulate decisions.
The 1985 Strata Title Act contradicts every Australian citizen’s civil right to voice their opinion. This is done through particular sections of the Act. For instance, a person can voluntary take on Strata Title manager’s role and if this is an unjust and unreasonable person, it leaves opportunities for him/her to manipulate the weaker or more vulnerable owners.
Australia is a democratic country that encourage every day citizens to ‘have their say’. However, in reality, many citizens are disempowered through legal and government procedures and the professional jargon used in such documents as the Strata Title Act (1985). Every Australian is entitled to their civil rights and that means that as an individual and citizen of this country, they are able to ‘have a say’ on issues that effect them, their freedom and participate in activities and decisions that lead to just outcomes.
Strata Title laws and properties are so complicated and caught up in professional jargon that the general public is unaware and /or does not understand sections of the Strata Titles Act (1985) that specifically relate to them. Many professional bodies who claim to know and understand Strata Title Laws clearly do not.
This is evident in such instances as real estate agents not informing the buyer of their obligations or misinforming them, or government organisations such as Landgate misinforming them through each different employee giving different and contradictory advice.
Therefore, citizens who buy into Strata Title properties are more often than not misinformed and this can lead to large disagreements amongst Strata Title owners and cause much grief, concern and sometimes lead to stressful and costly court cases. There is added complication to Strata Title laws through the exemptions and additions to particular type of strata title properties. The average Australian citizen is oblivious of the detail of the Strata Title Act (1985) that relates directly to them.
I suggest amendments to the Strata Tile Act (1985) to ensure it is user friendly to a larger proportion of Australian citizens. More specifically I motion:
• for real estate agents who sell strata title properties to be thoroughly educated on the laws and for it to be monitored closely by REIWA to ensure they are informing buyers of their obligations
• that irrelevant of the type of strata title property (eg – a 5 single storey or 16 double storey), the act ensures that meetings and minutes are held upon particular issues such as joint insurance. This then gives all strata title owners the opportunity to voice their opinion and come to a just outcome
• a strata title manager, weather voluntary due to exemptions in the Strata Title Act or not, is chosen through the owners voting. This will stop individuals who are a part of a strata scheme, the opportunity to dictate and manipulate decisions.
The 1985 Strata Title Act contradicts every Australian citizen’s civil right to voice their opinion. This is done through particular sections of the Act. For instance, a person can voluntary take on Strata Title manager’s role and if this is an unjust and unreasonable person, it leaves opportunities for him/her to manipulate the weaker or more vulnerable owners.
Australia is a democratic country that encourage every day citizens to ‘have their say’. However, in reality, many citizens are disempowered through legal and government procedures and the professional jargon used in such documents as the Strata Title Act (1985). Every Australian is entitled to their civil rights and that means that as an individual and citizen of this country, they are able to ‘have a say’ on issues that effect them, their freedom and participate in activities and decisions that lead to just outcomes.
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The More user friendly Strata Titles Act (WA) needed to avoid conflicts petition to State Administrative Tribunal was written by Tamara Austin and is in the category Civil Rights at GoPetition.