Proxies
A proxy is someone you appoint, on the official form, to vote for your lot when you can't.
What to know
- Use the NSW Fair Trading proxy appointment form, signed and dated, naming an individual (not a company). Letters or emails are not valid.
- Give it to the secretary before the meeting starts (in buildings of more than 100 lots, at least 24 hours before).
- In a building of 20 lots or fewer, a person can hold only one proxy. Above 20 lots, a person can't hold proxies for more than 5% of the lots. Holding too many means none of them can be used.
- A proxy lasts until the later of 12 months or the second AGM after it was signed, unless the form says less. A later form replaces an earlier one. If you vote in person, your proxy can't vote on that item.
- Strata managers and building managers can't use proxies to vote on their own appointment or fees, or for their own financial benefit.
When things go wrong
Someone arrives with a stack of proxies.
Ask the chair to check each form and the limit. If one person holds more than allowed, the chair must reject all of that person's proxies.