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Quotas

Section 11 of the STSMA provides, inter alia, for the effect of quotas and the variation thereof.

Quotas affect the proportion to which the owner of a section must make contributions to the
Reserve Fund and the Administration Fund. Quotas also determine the value of the vote of
the owner of the section (when a vote is to be reckoned in value), and the undivided share
in the common property of the owner of the section. The members of the body corporate may
not make Rules by which a different value is attached to the vote, until such time as there
are owners, other than the developer, of at least 30 per cent of the units in the scheme.

SOME MORE NEW PRESCRIBED MANAGEMENT RULES

Management Rule 21(2): the body corporate is not allowed to make loans from the body
corporate funds without the authority of a unanimous resolution.

Management Rule 25: all changes made to the levy amounts (which usually occurs
annually) are to be certified in writing, and the members notified of the amount within
14 days after the approval of the budget.

Management Rule 27: the body corporate is required to keep track of track of occupancy
changes, and the details of the trustees, members and tenants (full names, identity
numbers, addresses, and contact details).

CONDUCT RULES OF SECTIONAL TITLE SCHEMES

These include Rules relating to the keeping of animals, reptiles and birds, refuse and
waste disposal, vehicles, damage to common property, storage of flammable materials
and eradication of pests. Guide dogs are allowed, and the consent of the trustees is
automatically assumed.

Where vehicles are parked on any part of the common property that is other than a parking
bay allocated to the section (other than in an emergency), the consent of the trustees’ is
required. There is no longer a provision that illegally parked cars may be towed away.

TRUSTEES OF THE BODY CORPORATE

The functions and powers of the body corporate must, (subject to the provisions of the Act,
the Rules and any restriction imposed or direction given at a general meeting of the owners
of sections), be performed and exercised by the trustees of the body corporate, holding
office in terms of the Rules.

The rules set out the requirements for office and disqualification, nomination, election and
replacement, trustee meetings and decisions, quorum requirements and voting at trustee

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