8Tenant representatives on neighbourhood committees—the Act, s 36(5)

#### 8 Tenant representatives on neighbourhood committees—the Act, s 36(5) 8 Tenant representatives on neighbourhood committees—the Act, s 36(5) > > (1) A person (the convenor) who is entitled to convene an annual general meeting of a neighbourhood scheme that has tenants in at least half of the number of lots in the scheme must convene a meeting of eligible tenants (a tenants meeting) to nominate a person for the position of tenant representative on the neighbourhood committee. > > > (2) The convenor must, at least 14 days before the annual general meeting, give notice of the tenants meeting to each eligible tenant. > > > (3) The tenants meeting may be held before the annual general meeting, but may not be held earlier than 7 days after notice of the tenants meeting is given. > > > (4) Notice may be given— > > > > > (a) by causing a copy of the notice to be prominently displayed on a notice board required to be maintained by or under the by-laws on the association property, or > > > > > (b) by written notice given to each eligible tenant. > > > (5) The convenor, or a tenant elected by the eligible tenants present at the meeting, must chair the tenants meeting. > > > (6) An eligible tenant may, at the tenants meeting, propose themselves or propose another eligible tenant for nomination as the tenant representative. > > > (7) The tenant representative must be determined by majority vote of eligible tenants present at the tenants meeting. > > > (8) The quorum for the tenants meeting is 1 eligible tenant. > > > (9) The term of a tenant representative commences at the end of the annual general meeting at which the nomination is received. > > > (10) In this Part— > > > > eligible tenant means a tenant notified in a tenancy notice given in accordance with the Act.