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14. Proxies
Authors: Staff Legal Eagle
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Last updated: 08 Jul 2015
- Some owners may hold proxies to vote on behalf of other owners.
- A proxy is when you authorise someone else to vote on your behalf if you are unable to do so yourself.
- Your proxy can be a fellow owner, your tenant or anyone else.
- In NSW there is no limit to how many proxies one owner can hold. This can give one person a lot of power when it comes to voting. The government is currently considering changing the legislation to restrict this practice which is known as ‘proxy farming’.
- To appoint a proxy you must:
- provide the secretary with a valid and completed proxy form; and
- ensure that you are not in arrears of your levies;
- Precinct, community or neighbourhood scheme proxies must be given to the secretary well before the meeting. You should check the time requirements for submitting proxy forms with the secretary.
- You can impose limitations on your proxy such as only authorising them to vote on certain issues.
- Proxy appointments can be put in place for a maximum of 1 year or a minimum of 1 meeting.
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