Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980

Subject to this section, a motion submitted at a meeting shall be decided according to the number of votes cast for and against the motion, whether personally or by proxy, each person entitled to vote having 1 vote in respect of each lot in respect of which the person is entitled to vote.

If—

a poll is demanded by any person entitled to vote at a meeting on a motion submitted at that meeting, whether or not the motion has been decided in accordance with subsection (1), and the demand is made by that person personally at the meeting; or

a motion submitted at the meeting is for a resolution which, if it is to be effective, is required by this Act to be a special resolution;

For the purposes of subsection (2) the value of a vote cast on a motion submitted at a meeting by a person entitled to vote in respect of a lot is equal to the lot entitlement of that lot.

Any one coproprietor or comortgagee may demand a poll and on any poll each coproprietor or comortgagee shall be entitled to such part of the vote applicable to a lot as is proportional to his or her interest in the lot.

A joint proxy (if any) on a poll shall have a vote proportional to the interests in the lot of such of the coproprietors or comortgagees as do not vote personally or by individual proxy.

A poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairperson thinks fit.

A demand for a poll may be withdrawn by the person who made it.

In the case of equality in the votes whether on a show of hands or on a poll the chairperson of the meeting shall be entitled to a casting vote in addition to the chairperson’s original vote whether or not the chairperson has exercised that original vote.