Must a strata corporation file its rules in the land title office?
A – No, rules are not filed in the land title office. The strata council adopts new rules by a majority vote and then advises the owners of new rules, perhaps in the council meeting minutes. Rules are effective from the date that owners are notified about them. However, if new rules are not ratified by the owners at a forthcoming special or annual general meeting, the rules cease to be effective. Q – Our strata corporation recently obtained all of our registered bylaws from the Land Title Office. It surprised us to find that Part 5 of the Condominium Act was registered as our bylaws in addition to a few other bylaws filed over the years. We thought that our bylaws were the Schedule of Standard Bylaws to the Strata Property Act. What does this mean? A – Part 5 of the Condominium Act is the form of standard bylaws provided in that legislation. Where a strata corporation filed Part 5 as their bylaws, those bylaws continue to govern the strata corporation with the exception that any of tho
