Community Titles Reforms in Queensland: A regulatory panacea for commercial, residential and tourism stakeholders

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Ardill, Allan
Everton-Moore, K
Fredline, Liz
Guilding, Christopher
Warnken, Jan
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2004
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The economic, environmental, social and political significance of community titles schemes is on the rise culminating in important changes to the laws governing community titles schemes in Queensland. Recent amendments to the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld) were designed to maintain the flexibility and balance of rights between stakeholders with an interest in community titles. This paper outlines the community titles legislation following the recent changes. The paper will also examine some of the new measures designed to balance the interests of the original developer and subsequent lot owners, those ...
View more >The economic, environmental, social and political significance of community titles schemes is on the rise culminating in important changes to the laws governing community titles schemes in Queensland. Recent amendments to the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld) were designed to maintain the flexibility and balance of rights between stakeholders with an interest in community titles. This paper outlines the community titles legislation following the recent changes. The paper will also examine some of the new measures designed to balance the interests of the original developer and subsequent lot owners, those of different types of lot-owners, and those between the body corporate and service contractors. The paper also briefly considers the need for the development of a new Regulation Module to specifically enhance tourism.
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View more >The economic, environmental, social and political significance of community titles schemes is on the rise culminating in important changes to the laws governing community titles schemes in Queensland. Recent amendments to the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld) were designed to maintain the flexibility and balance of rights between stakeholders with an interest in community titles. This paper outlines the community titles legislation following the recent changes. The paper will also examine some of the new measures designed to balance the interests of the original developer and subsequent lot owners, those of different types of lot-owners, and those between the body corporate and service contractors. The paper also briefly considers the need for the development of a new Regulation Module to specifically enhance tourism.
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Journal Title
The Queensland Lawyer
Volume
25
Issue
1
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© 2004 Thomson Legal & Regulatory Limited. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Law