17Other general meetings

#### 17 Other general meetings 17 Other general meetings > > (1) The secretary of an association or an association committee may convene a general meeting (that is not an annual general meeting) of the association at any time. > > > (2) The secretary of the association, or another officer if the secretary is absent, must convene a general meeting (that is not an annual general meeting) of the association as soon as practicable after receiving a qualified request. > > > (3) A meeting may be convened on a qualified request even if the first annual general meeting has not been held. > > > (4) A request is a qualified request for the purposes of a meeting of a community association or a precinct association if it is made by 1 or more owners of a development lot in the scheme or 1 or more subsidiary schemes and the total unit entitlements of the development lot or former development lot subject to the subsidiary scheme are at least one-quarter of the total unit entitlements of the community scheme or precinct scheme. > > > (5) A request is a qualified request for the purposes of a meeting of a neighbourhood association if it is made by 1 or more owners of neighbourhood lots in the scheme and the total unit entitlements of those lots are at least one-quarter of the total unit entitlements in the neighbourhood scheme. > > > (6) A request for a meeting may not be signed on behalf of a subsidiary body without the authority of a resolution of the body.