Procedure at general meetings
110 Procedure at general meetings
A general meeting of a community corporation can be held with all persons or with some persons (including proxies) participating by telephone, video link, internet connection or similar means of remote communication.
A person attending a meeting by remote communication is taken to be present at the meeting.
The officer of the community corporation assigned the function of presiding at the meeting under the scheme by‑laws is to preside at the meeting.
Subject to the scheme by‑laws, in the absence of that person, a person present may be appointed to preside at the meeting by the persons present and entitled to vote at the meeting.
No business may be transacted at a general meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business.
A quorum is constituted as follows —
by persons entitled to cast votes for lots or tier parcels that together have a relative unit entitlement of 50% or more;
if such persons are not present after 30 minutes has elapsed from the time appointed for the meeting, by persons entitled to vote who are present at that time.
Note for this subsection:
A special resolution cannot be passed at a meeting if a quorum is constituted under paragraph (b).
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