The Role of a Body Corporate Manager

A body corporate manager is a person or corporation who is appointed pursuant to the relevant body corporate Act with the power to perform certain duties and functions of the body corporate and the committee as are delegated to it in an agreement.

The primary responsibilities delegated to a body corporate manager are the duties of the secretary and treasurer. These include:

• Prepare and forward notices as required by the Act;
• Prepare notices of committee and general meetings;
• Attend and prepare minutes for committee and general    meetings;
• Attend to matters resulting from general and committee meetings;
• Attend to all correspondence;
• Keep the books, records and roll;
• Levy owners and collect their contributions;
• Prepare statements of account and annual budgets;
• Pay accounts;
• Effect all insurances and submit claims;
• Make applications and submissions to the Adjudicator as required;
• Recommend actions for committee and body corporate to ensure compliance with the Act.

The body corporate, however has the right to delegate only a proportion of these duties or to extend them - within the confines of requirements of the Act.

A body corporate manager may also be delegated the powers of the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer or other members of the committee. This delegation is particularly applicable to small bodies corporate with absentee owners as it enables decisions to be made and action carried out when members of the committee cannot be contacted promptly.

Even though a body corporate manager has been appointed, this does not preclude the body corporate or its committee from exercising any of the powers which have been delegated to the body corporate manager - in fact the powers of the body corporate and the body corporate manager run concurrently. A prudent body corporate manager does not usurp or override the decisions of a committee.

A body corporate manager must be appointed and the delegation made at a general meeting of the body corporate. To ensure that all owners are aware of the terms of the agreement, a copy must be forwarded to all owners with the notice of the general meeting at which the appointment is sought.

A body corporate manager assists the committee to make the right decisions.

A body corporate manager must be appointed and the delegation made at a general meeting of the body corporate. To ensure that all owners are aware of the terms of the agreement, a copy must be forwarded to all owners with the notice of the general meeting at which the appointment is sought.

A body corporate manager assists the committee to make the right decisions.