| What
is a Strata Titles Board
and What is the Strata Titles Boards?
A Strata Titles
Board is a body constituted under Part VI of the Building Maintenance
and Strata Management Act to hear applications:
| (a) |
for
orders for collective sales under Part VA of the Land Titles
(Strata) Act; and
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| (b) |
relating
to certain types of disputes or matters arising in respect
of the strata units or the strata development including the
common property. |
There can
be more than one Strata Titles Board. The organisation which is
in charge of the administration of all the Strata Titles Boards
is the Strata Titles Boards.
The organisation
called the Strata Titles Boards is presided over by a President
and Deputy President(s) appointed by the Minister. The President
and Deputy President(s) are legally qualified persons. The President
and Deputy President(s) are assisted by the Registrar whose full
title is Registrar of the Strata Titles Boards and who has the
power to hear interlocutory applications.
Each time
an application is made, a Strata Titles Board will be constituted.
Such a Strata Titles Board will consist of the President (or alternatively
a Deputy President) sitting with either 2 other persons or 4 other
persons drawn from a panel of not more than 30 persons appointed
by the Minister. These members of the panel have a wide range
of experience and include accountants, architects, engineers,
lawyers, property consultants and surveyors.
The President
(or the Deputy President, as the case may be) and the other members
of the panel so sitting as a body of 3 persons, or 5 persons,
to hear an application constitute a Strata Titles Board.
The Role of the Registrar,
Strata Titles Boards
The Registrar
of the Strata Titles Boards will be happy to help you with your
queries on how to submit an application but cannot give legal
advice on the merits of your case. Please be sure to read the
relevant legal provisions and regulations before submitting your
application or consult your lawyer.
While each
Board has the power to make orders on issues within its jurisdiction,
it encourages parties to co-operate in the spirit of community
living to resolve amicably any problems that may arise.
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