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Strata Schemes Development Act 2015
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#### 178 Decision to apply for order
178 Decision to apply for order
> > (1) If the required level of support for a strata renewal plan for a strata scheme is obtained—
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> > > (a) the secretary of the owners corporation, or a member of the strata renewal committee, must convene a general meeting of the owners corporation for the purpose of deciding whether to apply to the court for an order to give effect to the plan, and
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> > > (b) the owners corporation may, by resolution, decide to apply to the court for the order.
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> > (2) To remove doubt, an application for an order may be made by the owners corporation even if an owner of a lot in the strata scheme at the time the application is made is not an owner who gave a support notice for the strata renewal plan.
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> > Note.
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> > Under section 176 (5), a subsequent owner of a lot may be taken to have given a support notice under this Part.
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> > (3) However, the owners corporation must not apply for an order unless it is satisfied that the strata renewal plan complies with section 170.
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> > (4) The secretary of the owners corporation must, within 14 days after a decision is made to apply for an order, give written notice of the decision to each tenant of a lot in the strata scheme whose name has been notified to the owners corporation as a tenant of the lot in accordance with the [Strata Schemes Management Act 2015](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2015-050).