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.