Body Corporate and Community Management (Standard Module) Regulation 2020

2. Who Can Be on the Committee

• Generally, you must be a lot owner (or a family member, power of attorney holder, or corporate nominee of an owner) to be eligible.
• You are disqualified from being a voting member if you:
  • Are a body corporate manager, service contractor, or letting agent (or closely associated with one)
  • Owe money to the body corporate
  • Are nominated by someone who owes money to the body corporate
• Only one person per lot can be on the committee at a time (with narrow exceptions).

3. How Committee Members Are Chosen

• Members are elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) each year.
• Nominations must be submitted in writing before the AGM (3–6 weeks before the financial year ends), with specific information required.
• Larger lot owners can nominate more than one candidate.
• Elections are held by secret ballot by default, but owners can vote to use an open ballot instead.
• Voting can be done on paper or electronically (if the body corporate sets up a qualifying electronic system).
• Each lot gets one equal vote regardless of lot size or co-ownership.

4. Small Schemes — Special Rules

• Schemes with only 1–3 different owners don't hold a normal election — the owners form the committee automatically (called a "minor committee").
• If the committee can't fill all its required positions after an AGM, an Extraordinary General Meeting (a special extra meeting) must be called within 2 months to fix the problem or hire a body corporate manager.

5. How Long Members Serve

• Members serve until the next election, they resign, become ineligible, miss two consecutive committee meetings without approval, are convicted of a serious crime (indictable offence), or are voted out.
• If a body corporate manager is hired to take over all committee functions, all committee members' terms end immediately.

Why does this matter to you?

If you own a unit or townhouse in Queensland, these rules determine:

• Who governs your building and makes decisions about maintenance, levies, and by-laws
• Whether you can stand for election or vote for committee members
• Whether your committee is properly formed — an improperly formed committee could have its decisions challenged
• Whether you're disqualified because you owe body corporate fees or have a conflict of interest