Strata Schemes Development Act 2015

If the court considers that a variation order should not be made, it may, on application made by any person entitled to appear and be heard on the hearing of the application for the order or on its own initiative, direct that the application be treated as an application for an order under section 136.

If the court makes a direction under subsection (1)—

the application the subject of the direction is taken to be made under section 135 by a person entitled to make the application, and

the applicant for the variation order, and any other person entitled to appear and be heard under that section, is entitled to appear and be heard on the hearing of the application.