Management Company
Owners corporations (formerly body corporates) can appoint a manager to help handle day-to-day affairs.
There are two types of managers:
- a volunteer manager, who does not have to be registered or insured
- a paid professional, who must be registered and have professional indemnity insurance. This includes a person or company who is rewarded for managing an owners corporation by incentives such as free accommodation, lower fees, discounted use of facilities, etc.
Volunteer and paid registered managers have the same legal obligations.
An owners corporation:
- does not abdicate responsibility when it appoints a manager. It is legally responsible for actions taken by a paid or volunteer manager on its behalf.
- may appoint a manager to carry out any powers or functions it is able to delegate at a general meeting. This appointment must be in writing or through a contract of appointment in the approved form
- usually delegates powers to a manager in a contract or an instrument of delegation, but some owners corporations may be self-managed by a committee or a lot owner who has been delegated powers on a voluntary basis.
For more information about Owners Corporations Managers see Consumer Affairs Victoria website.
'The Port' complex currently has a professional Owners Corporation Manager:
Dixon Kestles & Co Pty Ltd
Manager: Pernille Cavanough
a: 161 Park Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205
p: (03) 9690 3488