Owners Corporations (Education) Regulations 2026

to prescribe courses for the registration of natural persons as managers of owners corporations or as officers in effective control for the purposes of section 179 of the Owners Corporations Act 2006; and

to prescribe an exemption from the requirement to complete prescribed courses or examinations for the purposes of section 179 of the Owners Corporations Act 2006; and

to prescribe continuing professional development requirements for natural persons registered as managers of owners corporations or as officers in effective control for the purposes of section 198A(1) of the Owners Corporations Act 2006; and

to prescribe records required to be kept for the purposes of section 198A(2) of the Owners Corporations Act 2006; and

to prescribe requirements for continuing professional development providers for the purposes of the continuing professional development requirements; and

to prohibit continuing professional development providers from offering or delivering continuing professional development activities in certain circumstances.

undertaken for the purposes of—

compliance with continuing professional development requirements under section 198A(1) of the Act on or after 1 April 2028; and

ongoing learning; and

delivered by a continuing professional development provider to a natural person registered as a manager or an officer in effective control;

a registered training organisation which is approved by the Australian Skills Quality Authority or the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority to deliver in Victoria the qualification entitled CPP40521 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management from the CPP Property Services Training Package Release 18.0, or if superseded its equivalent;

Strata Community Association (Vic) Incorporated;

the Real Estate Institute of Victoria Limited;

a person who is contracted by, or who acts as an agent for, a person specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) to provide continuing professional development activities;

an RTO within the meaning of section 4.1.1(1) of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006; or

a training organisation that is registered under a law of the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory by a body that is responsible for the registration under that law of training organisations that provide vocational education and training;

On and from 30 June 2027, for the purposes of section 179(e) of the Act, the prescribed course consists of any 5 of the core units of competency (based on Victorian owners corporation law, practice and procedure) that are included in the course entitled CPP40521 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management from the CPP Property Services Training Package Release 18.0, or if superseded its equivalent.

On and from 30 June 2027, for the purposes of section 179(e) of the Act, a person is only to be considered to have completed the prescribed course if the person has passed the units comprising the prescribed course within the later of the following periods—

the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the person's application for registration;

the 5 years immediately preceding 30 June 2027.

the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the person's application for registration;

the 5 years immediately preceding 30 June 2027.

On and from 1 April 2028, a natural person registered as a manager must complete at least 5 continuing professional development activities, other than a continuing professional development activity specified in subregulation (3), in each 12‑month period between 1 April in a calendar year and 31 March in the subsequent calendar year.

On and from 1 April 2028, a registered officer in effective control must complete at least 5 continuing professional development activities, other than a continuing professional development activity specified in subregulation (3), in each 12‑month period between 1 April in a calendar year and 31 March in the subsequent calendar year.

For the purposes of subregulations (1) and (2), the following continuing professional development activities are specified—

a continuing professional development activity which the Business Licensing Authority has determined under regulation 11(1) does not comply with regulation 7(1);

if a continuing professional development provider is prohibited from offering or delivering a continuing professional development activity by notice issued under regulation 12(1)—that continuing professional development activity.

For the purposes of regulation 6(1) and (2), a continuing professional development activity must—

be directly delivered by a continuing professional development provider to the person undertaking the activity—

in person; or

online, in a format that requires the person to interact or engage with the content of the activity while it is being delivered by the provider; and

not involve the person undertaking the activity participating in—

self-led private study; or

a conference or discussion group; and

have a duration of at least of one hour; and

be relevant to the occupation of a natural person registered as a manager or registered officer in effective control; and

include, as a primary learning objective, the development of skills or knowledge that improve—

outcomes for consumers; or

compliance with legislative or regulatory requirements.

For the purposes of regulation 6(1) and (2), at least 2 of the continuing professional development activities completed by a natural person registered as a manager or a registered officer in effective control must—

be mandatory continuing professional development activities approved by the Business Licensing Authority under section 198C(1) of the Act; and

require the completion of a written examination that evaluates the person's or officer's learning from the activity.

the title of the activity;

the name of the natural person registered as a manager or registered officer in effective control;

the name of the continuing professional development provider;

the day or days on which the activity was undertaken;

certification from the continuing professional development provider that the certificate is genuine.

On and from 1 April 2028, a continuing professional development provider, as soon as practicable before offering a continuing professional development activity, must give written notice to the Business Licensing Authority that contains the following information—

the continuing professional development provider's trading name;

if applicable, evidence of approval from the Australian Skills Quality Authority or the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority to deliver in Victoria the qualification entitled CPP40521 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management from the CPP Property Services Training Package Release 18.0, or if superseded its equivalent;

the title of the continuing professional development activity or activities that the continuing professional development provider will deliver;

a course outline for each continuing professional development activity that the continuing professional development provider will deliver;

the date or dates on which the continuing professional development provider will begin delivering the activity or activities.

On and from 1 April 2028, a continuing professional development provider must give written notice to the Business Licensing Authority if it ceases to offer a continuing professional development activity as soon as practicable after the continuing professional development provider ceases to offer the activity.

On and from 1 April 2028, if a continuing professional development provider varies the course outline for a continuing professional development activity, the continuing professional development provider, as soon as practicable after varying the course outline, must give written notice to the Business Licensing Authority of the varied course outline.

On and from 1 April 2028, a continuing professional development provider must give written notice to the Business Licensing Authority of any change to the continuing professional development provider's—

trading name; or

registration or approval status with the Australian Skills Quality Authority or the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority—

For the purposes of regulation 6, the Business Licensing Authority, in writing, may determine that a continuing professional development activity does not comply with regulation 7(1).

The Business Licensing Authority must cause notice of a determination under subregulation (1) to be published on the Internet site of the Director.

The Business Licensing Authority, as soon as practicable after making a determination under subregulation (1), must give written notice of the determination to—

each continuing professional development provider who provides the continuing professional development activity; and

all natural persons registered as managers; and

all registered officers in effective control.

A determination made under this regulation takes effect on a day specified in the written determination.

The Business Licensing Authority, by written notice issued to a continuing professional development provider, may prohibit the continuing professional development provider from offering or delivering continuing professional development activities, or one or more continuing professional development activities specified in the notice, for the period specified in the notice if the Business Licensing Authority is satisfied that—

the continuing professional development provider offers or delivers a continuing professional development activity that does not comply with regulation 7(1); or

the continuing professional development provider has failed to give a notice required under regulation 9.

A notice issued under subregulation (1) must not specify a period of prohibition that is more than 3 years.

For the purposes of subregulation (1), the Business Licensing Authority must cause a notice issued under that subregulation to be published on the Internet site of the Director.

A prohibition takes effect on the date specified in the notice under subregulation (1), which must be no earlier than 7 days after the notice is issued.

A prohibition ends on the date specified in the notice issued under subregulation (1).