SCA Guides and Templates

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June 2021 - These guides are copied from the member area of the SCAWA website.

Inspection of the Strata Company records

Ref	Guide & Template	Use
SCAWA100		This explains what a strata company should do when it receives an application under section 107 of the Strata Titles Act 1985 (Act) for inspection of the strata company records under section 109 of the Act.
SCAWA101	SCAWA101 - Template - Strata Company Inspection Requirements - Regulation 87(1) v2.docx	SCAWA101 - Template Example - Strata Company Inspection Requirements - Regulation 87(1) v3.pdf This Template contains a cover letter from the strata manager of the strata company to the person applying for inspection (Applicant). Attached to the letter is a Template of the strata company’s Requirements specifying restrictions on how an Applicant can make copies of the Records during the inspection.

Infrastructure Contract related documents

Ref	Guide & Template	Use
SCAWA200		This explains the 4 main options for an owner to obtain strata company approval to install an item on the common property; and This contains an example of the type of resolutions a strata company should use to apply section 64 of the Act to an infrastructure contract to activate the Section 64 Easement.
SCAWA201	SCAWA201 - Template - Infrastructure Contract for use by lot owners with Deed of Novation.docx	SCAWA201 - Infrastructure Contract for use by lot owners with Deed of Novation.pdf The Template Infrastructure contract needs to be properly completed and then signed by the parties. Instructions on how to activate the Section 64 Easement by passing an ordinary resolution to apply section 64 of the Act to the Infrastructure Contract are contained in the Guide for Common Property Installation Approvals. The deed of novation is only to be filled out and executed, if the owner wants to sell their lot and transfer the Infrastructure Contract duties and rights to a new owner of the lot.
SCAWA202	SCAWA202 - Template - Infrastructure Contract with separate party benefitting.docx	SCAWA202 - Template - Infrastructure Contract with separate party benefitting.pdf This Infrastructure Contract should be used where the energy retailer, for example, is the owner of the infrastructure and a lot owner has the benefit of the infrastructure (one example of the benefit of the infrastructure is the electricity generated from the solar panels).

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Guide & Template

Use

SCAWA200

This explains the 4 main options for an owner to obtain strata company approval to install an item on the common property; and
This contains an example of the type of resolutions a strata company should use to apply section 64 of the Act to an infrastructure contract to activate the Section 64 Easement.

SCAWA201

SCAWA201 - Template - Infrastructure Contract for use by lot owners with Deed of Novation.docx

SCAWA201 - Infrastructure Contract for use by lot owners with Deed of Novation.pdf
The Template Infrastructure contract needs to be properly completed and then signed by the parties.

Instructions on how to activate the Section 64 Easement by passing an ordinary resolution to apply section 64 of the Act to the Infrastructure Contract are contained in the Guide for Common Property Installation Approvals.

The deed of novation is only to be filled out and executed, if the owner wants to sell their lot and transfer the Infrastructure Contract duties and rights to a new owner of the lot.

SCAWA202

SCAWA202 - Template - Infrastructure Contract with separate party benefitting.docx

SCAWA202 - Template - Infrastructure Contract with separate party benefitting.pdf
This Infrastructure Contract should be used where the energy retailer, for example, is the owner of the infrastructure and a lot owner has the benefit of the infrastructure (one example of the benefit of the infrastructure is the electricity generated from the solar panels).

By-law related documents

Ref	Guide & Template	Use
SCAWA300		The first chapter is meant for owners; and The second chapter of this Guide is for use by the council of a strata company.
SCAWA301	SCAWA301 - Template - Section 47(2) by-law breach notice letter - Strata Company v2.docx	SCAWA301 - Template Example - Section 47(2) by-law breach notice letter - Strata Company.pdf For use by the strata company when a strata company wants to issue a by-law breach notice against an owner or occupier of a lot within the scheme.
SCAWA302	SCAWA302 - Template - Section 47(2) by-law breach notice letter - Strata Manager.docx	SCAWA302 - Template Example - Section 47(2) by-law breach notice letter - Strata Manager.pdf For use by the strata manager on behalf of the strata company when a strata company instructs the strata manager to issue a by-law breach notice against an owner or occupier of a lot within the scheme.

Structural alteration of a lot related documents

Ref	Guide & Template	Use
SCAWA400		This guide explains: why a lot owner in a strata scheme needs to obtain the approval of the strata company by resolution without dissent where the owner proposes to do a structural alteration of their lot; and how a lot owner can apply for the approval of the strata company to do the structural alteration in accordance with section 87 of the Act.
SCAWA401	SCAWA401 - Template - Lot Alteration Application - Strata - No open space plot ratio change.docx	SCAWA401 - Template Example - No open space plot ratio change.pdf This template is for use in a strata scheme where the proposal to structurally alter the lot will not change the open space or plot ratio. The template application form needs to be properly completed by the owner so that it complies with section 89(1) of the Act.
SCAWA402	SCAWA402 - Template - Lot Alteration Application - Strata - Change to open space and plot ratio.docx	SCAWA402 - Template Example - Change to open space and plot ratio.pdf This template is for use in a strata scheme where the proposal to structurally alter the lot will change the open space and/ or plot ratio. The template application form needs to be properly completed by the owner so that it complies with section 89(1) of the Act.
SCAWA500		This guide explains: why a lot owner in a survey-strata scheme needs to obtain the approval of the strata company by resolution without dissent where the owner proposes to do a structural alteration of their lot; and how a lot owner can apply for the approval of the strata company to do the structural alteration in accordance with section 88 of the Act.
SCAWA501	SCAWA501 - Template - Survey-strata Change to open space & plot ratio.docx	SCAWA501 - Template - Survey-strata Change to open space & plot ratio.pdf This is for use in a survey-strata scheme. The template application form needs to be properly completed by the owner so that it complies with section 89(1) of the Act.

Common Property alteration related documents

Ref	Guide & Template	Use
SCAWA600		If an owner wants strata company authorisation to install an item on the common property, they should refer to the Guide for Common Property Installation Approval. However, where an owner wants to alter or improve the common property in a way where they are not simply installing an item onto the common property, the approvals required are different. The CP Alteration Guide and the templates should be used where an owner wants to alter the common property.
SCAWA601	SCAWA601 - Template - Common property alteration by an owner - CP Alteration RWD v2.docx	SCAWA601 - Template Example - CP Alteration RWD v2.pdf This if for use when an owner seeks to alter the common property by resolution without dissent of the strata company.
SCAWA602	SCAWA602 - Template - Adopted CP Alteration less than 500 v2.docx	SCAWA602 - Template Example - Adopted CP Alteration less than 500 v2.pdf This is for use when the owner proposes that the strata company use its own common property alteration power under section 91(2) of the Act by passing an ordinary resolution to authorise the strata company to alter the common property (provided the cost to the strata company of that alteration is less than $500 per lot).
SCAWA603	SCAWA603 - Template - Adopted CP Alteration more than 500 v2.docx	SCAWA603 - Template Example - Adopted CP Alteration more than 500 v2.pdf This is for use when the owner proposes that the strata company use its own common property alteration power under section 91(2) of the Act by passing a special resolution to authorise the strata company to alter the common property (where the cost to the strata company of that alteration is more than $500 per lot).

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