January 4, 2016
New South Wales: “New era for strata will start in 2016”
British Columbia isn’t the only jurisdiction examining reform of its strata-property legislation. Another interesting reform project is going on in the Australian state of New South Wales. New South Wales has had strata-property legislation since the early 1960s. Its legislation has a special relationship to British Columbia’s, since the first-generation New Read more…
December 16, 2015
A year-end update of the Strata Property Law Project
The Strata Property Law Project—Phase Two has seen significant progress in 2015. The high points of the year were the publication of the committee’s first report, the Report on Terminating a Strata (PDF), and the implementation of that report’s recommendations in Bill 40. The year has also seen extensive engagement Read more…
November 18, 2015
Bill 40 receives royal assent
Yesterday, Bill 40 received royal assent from the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, completing its journey through the legislative process. Bill 40—or, to use its legislative title, the Natural Gas Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, SBC 2015, c 40—is a multifaceted statute that amends a range of natural-resource and housing acts. Read more…
October 8, 2015
BCLI welcomes reforms to rules on terminating a strata
Bill 40, which was introduced today in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, contains proposed amendments to the Strata Property Act that will improve the rules governing termination of a strata corporation. The proposed changes are based on recommendations found in BCLI’s Report on Terminating a Strata, which is the Read more…
February 20, 2015
BCLI recommends new approach to terminating a strata
In its just-published Report on Terminating a Strata, BCLI is calling on British Columbia’s legislature to amend the Strata Property Act, reforming how that act deals with cancelling a strata plan and winding up a strata corporation. “Owners in BC’s oldest stratas could soon be facing some difficult decisions,” noted Read more…