This order brings into force certain provisions of the Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2022 (the amendment Act). The amendment Act makes changes to the Unit Titles Act 2010 (the principal Act), and is directed at improving (among other things)—

• the information disclosure regime for prospective buyers of units:

• governance arrangements for body corporates:

• performance standards for body corporate managers:

• the planning and funding process for long-term maintenance projects.

Sections 12, 16, and 54(2) of the amendment Act will come into force on 9 December 2022. All 3 provisions relate to remote attendance at meetings.

Section 12 amends section 88 of the principal Act to provide that body corporate members may attend and vote at a general meeting (and members of a body corporate committee may attend and vote at a committee meeting) by audio link, audiovisual link, or other remote access facility, despite any limitation or condition on the use of that technology in the body corporate’s rules. This makes permanent a change that was made on a temporary basis in response to COVID-19 (that is, it replicates the effect of existing section 88(3) of the principal Act, which along with subsections (4) and (5) will be automatically repealed 12 weeks after the Epidemic Preparedness (COVID-19) Notice 2020 expires or is revoked).

Section 16 amends section 102 of the principal Act. It clarifies that a person can exercise the right to vote at a general meeting by being present in person or by audio link, audiovisual link, or other remote access facility.

Section 54(2) amends regulation 27 of the Unit Titles Regulations 2011. It provides that body corporate committee meetings may be conducted by audio link, audiovisual link, or other remote access facility.

The remainder of the amendment Act will come into force on 9 May 2023, except for the provisions listed in clause 2(2). Those provisions will come into force a year later (see below).

The remaining provisions of the amendment Act (that is, the provisions listed in clause 2(2)) will be last to come into force, and will do so automatically on 9 May 2024.