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The quorum rule cannot operate before the first annual general meeting.
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Until the first annual general meeting, the committee consists of all the members of the Management Corporation.
At a meeting of the committee a majority of the persons comprising the number determined under regulation 29 to constitute the committee shall constitute a quorum of the committee.
determine, in accordance with regulation 29(1), the number of members of the committee;
Section 75(1)(f) refers to “regulations made under section 74”, but section 74 authorises directions, not regulations.
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after notice of any regulations made under section 74, wilfully disregards any such regulation, or does not conform thereto;
The Commissioner may, as occasion arises, give directions either in writing, orally, or by any agency which he thinks fit:
The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act.
A broken cross-reference omits the qualification check for a technical supervisor nominated by a natural-person applicant.
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(A) will be responsible for the effective supervision of the electrical installation work or only electrical switchgear fitting work carried out on behalf of the applicant; or
(B) has nominated a natural person or a sufficient number of natural persons to be technical supervisors who will be 负责 for
(d) each person nominated under an application to which paragraph (a)(i)(A) or (b)(i) relates to be responsible for the effective supervision of electrical installation work or only electrical switchgear fitting work is a licensed electrician or a licensed electrical switchgear worker who has rese 责
(c) if the applicant will be responsible for the effective supervision of the electrical installation work or only electrical switchgear fitting work, that the applicant is a licensed electrician or a licensed electrical switchgear worker who has completed the requirements specified in regulation 10
Rule 8.05(2) assumes a caveat can expire because of an order under Rule 8.03(3)(b), but that provision only permits an order preventing expiry under Rule 8.03(2).
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Subject to paragraph (3), if the Registrar gives notice to a caveator under Rule 8.02(b), the caveat expires 30 days after the notice is given.
A caveat shall not expire by reason of paragraph (2) if—
If a caveat has expired by reason of the operation of Rule 8.03(2) or an order of a Judge of the Court under Rule 8.03(3)(b), a fresh caveat shall be taken not to relate to the application of which the Registrar gave notice to the caveator under Rule 8.02(b).
Regulation 23A permits determinations without a making deadline, but regulation 23A(8) makes every such determination cease on 31 October 2022. A determination made after that date would commence on publication under regulation 23A(5) despite having a past cessation date. Once no determination remains effective, the Mount Buller and Mount Stirling limb of the “wheel chains” definition supplies no qualifying device, although regulation 24(1) continues requiring drivers there to carry qualifying wheel chains during later snow seasons.
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A determination made under subregulation (1) ceases to have effect on 31 October 2022, unless revoked earlier under subregulation (7).
***wheel chains*** means any devices designed to be fitted to wheels of a motor vehicle to increase the directional stability and traction of the wheels of that vehicle on a road affected by snow or ice that are—
(a) if the motor vehicle is within the Mount Buller Alpine Resort or the Mount Stiring
The initial-report deadline can expire before the interest holder detects the reportable incident.
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if the incident was not detected by the interest holder at the time it first occurred – the time the interest holder became aware of the reportable incident;
must be given to the Minister as soon as practicable but not later than 3 days after the reportable incident first occurs;
An offence against subregulation (8) is an offence of strict liability.
For an adoption by one or two adoptive parents, the required particulars include the ages of “all children” of those parents at the adopted child’s birth. A child born later had no age on that date.
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(f) the given names, the family names and the ages, at the date of birth of the adoptive child, of—
(i) all children of the adoptive parent or parents; or
Age (in years) of each child at the time of birth of the child now being registered:
Regulation 5(2) makes lawful changes to an approved computer system depend on approval under provisions that concern control systems instead.
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An internet gaming licensee must not change, or authorise a
change to, the licensee's approved computer system unless the
change is approved by the Director in writing under regulation 10
or 11.
The Director must consider a submission received under
regulation 8 or 9 and approve or refuse to approve the internet
gaming licensee's proposed control system or the proposed change
to the licensee's approved control system.
The Director may, by written notice to an internet gaming licensee,
direct the licensee to change the licensee's approved control
system within the time, and in the way, specified in the notice.
A Commissioner-designated group entity may be designated only after its registration deadline has expired.
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The Commissioner must designate a member of a group as the designated group entity for the group if the members of the group do not designate a member under subsection (1) or (3) within 30 days after the end of the month in which the group is established.
the designated group entity of a group must apply to the Commissioner, in the form approved by the Commissioner, before the end of the first month in which the members of the group become liable to pay tax under section 44, for registration under this Division.
A designated group entity does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the entity has a reasonable excuse for not applying for registration.
The mandatory satisfaction criterion omits the revocation branch authorised by section 21.
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The Court may make an order authorising a will to be made in specific terms approved by the Court or revoked on behalf of a person who does not have testamentary capacity.
Before making an order under section 21, the Court must be satisfied that—
it is reasonable in all the circumstances for the Court, by order, to authorise the making of the will for the person.
The six-month application deadline has no stated trigger where administration is granted by letters of administration with the will annexed rather than probate.
A valid late request for a staged-development meeting can make the 28-day notice requirement impossible to satisfy.
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Within 3 months after the registration of a survey plan relating to a second or subsequent stage of the development, the Developer shall request the committee to convene a general meeting of the Management Corporation to be held within that 3 months period and the Committee shall comply with the to:
Subject to subregulation (2), the time to be fixed for the holding of a general meeting, other than the first annual general meeting, shall be a time that will permit not less than 28 days' notice of the time fixed for the meeting to be given.
Where a staged-development meeting will consider a matter requiring a resolution without dissent, a valid late request can make the 42-day notice requirement impossible to satisfy.
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Within 3 months after the registration of a survey plan relating to a second or subsequent stage of the development, the Developer shall request the committee to convene a general meeting of the Management Corporation to be held within that 3 months period and the Committee shall comply with the to:
Where it appears to the committee that a matter to be considered at a general meeting requires a resolution without dissent, the time to be fixed for holding the general meeting shall be a time that will permit not less than 42 days' notice of the time fixed for the meeting to be given.
After all regulation 23A determinations cease, a non-exempt driver at Mount Buller or Mount Stirling cannot comply with a direction to produce or fit wheel chains because no device can qualify as “wheel chains” there.
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A determination made under subregulation (1) ceases to have effect on 31 October 2022, unless revoked earlier under subregulation (7).
The driver of a motor vehicle must comply with a direction of an authorised officer, authorised person or police officer made under subregulation (1).
The default reporting-period definition does not cover recordable incidents occurring on the plan-approval day.
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An interest holder for a regulated activity must give the Minister a written report about a recordable incident in accordance with this regulation.
a record of all recordable incidents that occurred during the reporting period; and
otherwise – each 90 day period after the day on which the environment management plan is approved.
For a step-parent adoption, the required particulars include the ages of “all children” of the parent and spouse or domestic partner at the adopted child’s birth. A child born later had no age on that date.
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(f) the given names, the family names and the ages, at the date of birth of the adoptive child, of—
(ii) in the case of adoption by the spouse or domestic partner of a parent, all children of the parent and the spouse or domestic partner of the parent.
Age (in years) of each child at the time of birth of the child now being registered:
Regulation 4 expressly authorises approval of a computer-system change, while regulation 5(2) prohibits that change unless it is approved under regulations 10 or 11.
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(b) for approval to change the licensee's approved computer
system.
(c) after considering the application and, if necessary, the
evaluation of the system or proposed change – approve or
refuse to approve the computer system or change.
An internet gaming licensee must not change, or authorise a
change to, the licensee's approved computer system unless the
change is approved by the Director in writing under regulation 10
or 11.
A member-designated group entity may validly be designated during the 30-day designation period after its registration deadline has expired.
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The members of a group may, with the approval of the Commissioner, designate a qualified member of the group to be the designated group entity for the group for the purposes of this Division.
The Commissioner must designate a member of a group as the designated group entity for the group if the members of the group do not designate a member under subsection (1) or (3) within 30 days after the end of the month in which the group is established.
the designated group entity of a group must apply to the Commissioner, in the form approved by the Commissioner, before the end of the first month in which the members of the group become liable to pay tax under section 44, for registration under this Division.
A replacement designated group entity may inherit a registration deadline tied to a past month.
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the first day of the month following the month in which the members of the group revoke the designation.
The members of a group may, with the approval of the Commissioner, designate a qualified member of the group to be the designated group entity for the group for the purposes of this Division.
the designated group entity of a group must apply to the Commissioner, in the form approved by the Commissioner, before the end of the first month in which the members of the group become liable to pay tax under section 44, for registration under this Division.
The applicant may amend the application by submitting amendments in writing to the Referee.
must give written notice of the amendments to every person who was notified of the original application under clause 7;
must display a copy of the notice referred to in subclause (1) prominently on the property until the closing date for written submissions,
The meeting-based amendment path requires an amended proposal to be displayed until a deadline that has already expired when the amendment occurs.
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may by ordinary resolution vote to amend the proposed variation of the disclosure statement.
The proposed variation as amended may then be approved by ordinary resolution at that meeting.
a copy of the proposed variation as amended, together with the notice of the meeting and accompanying documents, until the time for the meeting referred has expired;
The circulating-resolution-to-meeting amendment path likewise imposes a display deadline that expires when the amendment is made.
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by calling and conducting a meeting of interest holders in accordance with clauses 4, 5 and 6 for the purpose of amending and putting the proposed variation.
a copy of the proposed variation as amended, together with the notice of the meeting and accompanying documents, until the time for the meeting referred has expired;
The provisions specify inconsistent compliance tests for triggering the model variation procedure. Regulation 18(1)(b) refers to non-compliance with subregulation 18(4), which does not exist, while the mandatory disclosure-statement text says the trigger is non-compliance with regulation 18(2), which contains the actual procedural requirements.
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contains such a procedure but the procedure does not comply with the requirements of subregulation (4),
If item no. 9 is not completed or does not comply with the requirements of regulation 18(2) of the Unit Titles Regulations, it is taken to contain the model procedure for variation set out in Schedule 6 to those Regulations.
If this item is not completed, or does not comply with regulation 18(2) of the Unit Titles Regulations 2002, it is taken to contain the model procedure for variation set out in Schedule 6 to the Unit Titles Regulations 2002.
A person who wishes to make an application for an order under subsection (1) must apply to the Court within 6 months from the date of the grant of probate.
The Court must direct that a certified copy of an order under section 31 must be attached to the grant of probate or letters of administration with the will annexed (as the case requires) of the will to which the order relates