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#### 16 Documents and records to be provided to owners corporation at first AGM
16 Documents and records to be provided to owners corporation at first AGM
> > (1) An original owner or lessor of a strata scheme required to convene a meeting under this Division must deliver the following to the owners corporation at least 14 days before the first annual general meeting of the owners corporation—
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> > > (a) all plans, specifications, occupation certificates or other certificates, diagrams, depreciation schedules and other documents (including policies of insurance) relating to the parcel or any building on the parcel,
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> > > (b) without limiting paragraph (a), all planning approvals, complying development certificates and related endorsed plans, approvals, “as built” drawings, compliance certificates (within the meaning of the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203)), fire safety certificates and warranties relating to the parcel or any building, plant or equipment on the parcel,
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> > > (c) the strata roll and any notices or other records relating to the strata scheme,
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> > > (d) the initial maintenance schedule,
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> > > (e) any interim report or final report of a building inspector prepared under Part 11 and relating to any building on the parcel,
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> > > (f) any other document or item relating to the parcel or any building, plant or equipment on the parcel that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) 100 penalty units, and
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> > > (b) for a continuing offence—a further 2 penalty units for each day the offence continues.
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> > (1A) An original owner of a multi-storey scheme who is required to convene a meeting under this division must deliver evidence of the following matters required under section 115(2A) to the owners corporation at least 14 days before the first annual general meeting of the owners corporation—
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> > > (a) that the initial maintenance schedule has been prepared in accordance with the prescribed form,
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> > > (b) that the estimates of contributions to the administrative fund and capital works fund meet the expected expenditure for the year ahead, based on the expenses provided by the original owner,
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> > > (c) that the person who reviewed and certified the initial maintenance schedule is an independent surveyor,
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> > > (d) that the person who reviewed and certified the estimates of contributions to the administrative fund and capital works fund is an independent surveyor or a person of a prescribed class.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for an individual—100 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) otherwise—500 penalty units.
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> > (2) An original owner or lessor is only required under this section to deliver to the owners corporation a thing if that thing is in the possession or control of the original owner or lessor or may be obtained by the original owner or lessor by taking reasonable steps to do so.
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> > (3) This section does not require an original owner or lessor to deliver to the owners corporation any documents that exclusively evidence rights or obligations of the original owner or lessor and that are not capable of being used for the benefit of the owners corporation or any of the other owners.
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> **s 16:** Am 2021 No 10, Sch 3.23\[1\] \[2\]; 2023 No 45, Sch 3\[4\]; 2025 No 14, Sch 1\[6\] \[7\].