57Meetings of association relating to development concerns

57 Meetings of association relating to development concerns

57 Meetings of association relating to development concerns

(1) A motion, the passing or defeat of which at a meeting of an association or of the association committee of an association would have the effect of making a decision about a development concern, must be—

(a) identified as relating to a development concern in the notice for the meeting, and

(b) moved separately from any other kind of motion.

(2) A general meeting of an association under Schedule 1 to the Community Land Management Act 2021—

(a) may be convened by the developer, or

(b) must be convened if a qualified request is made under section 17 of that Act.

(3) In convening the general meeting, the developer or the persons or bodies making the qualified request may give notice of the meeting on behalf of the association committee of the association.

(4) The required quorum at a meeting of the association or association committee of the association is the developer—

(a) while business relating to a development concern is being dealt with, and

(b) if notice of the meeting has been duly given.

(5) A developer may exercise any of the following functions for the purpose only of allowing development permitted by a development contract to be carried out—

(a) functions of an association bound by the development contract,

(b) functions of any other person having functions under the scheme concerned as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(6) A reference to a developer in subsections (4) and (5) is, if the developer is a corporation, a reference to the company nominee of the corporation.

(7) This section has effect despite any other provision of this Act.

(8) In this section—

company nominee, for a corporation, means a company nominee within the meaning of the Community Land Management Act 2021 who is authorised to exercise the voting rights of the corporation.