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45 Notice Requirements For Annual Or Special General Meeting

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45 (1) Subject to subsection (1.1), the strata corporation must give at least 2 weeks’ written notice of an annual or special general meeting to all of the following:

  • (a) every owner, whether or not a notice must also be sent to the owner’s mortgagee or tenant;
  • (b) every mortgagee who has given the strata corporation a Mortgagee’s Request for Notification under section 60;
  • (c) every tenant who has been assigned a landlord’s right to vote under section 147 or 148, if the strata corporation has received notice of the assignment.
  • (1.1) The strata corporation must give at least 4 weeks’ written notice under subsection (1) of an annual or special general meeting at which a winding-up resolution will be considered.
  • (2) Subject to subsection (2.1), a person who has a right to be notified under this section may, in writing, waive the right and may, in writing, revoke a waiver.
  • (2.1) A waiver under subsection (2) has no effect in relation to the right to be notified of an annual or special general meeting at which a winding-up resolution will be considered.
  • (3) Notice of an annual or special general meeting must include the following:
  • (a) a description of the matters that will be voted on at the meeting, including the proposed wording of any resolution requiring a 3/4 vote, 80% vote or unanimous vote;
  • (b) the date, time and, if applicable, place of the meeting;
  • (c) if attendance by telephone or other electronic means will be permitted, instructions for attending the meeting by electronic means.
  • (4) If the meeting is an annual general meeting, the notice must include the budget and financial statement referred to in section 103.
  • (5) A vote at an annual or special general meeting may proceed despite the lack of notice as required by this section, if all persons entitled to receive notice waive, in writing, their right to notice.
  • (6) If 2 or more persons share one vote with respect to a strata lot, all of them must consent to the waiver of notice under subsection (5).

1998-43-45, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000); 2015-40-39, effective July 28, 2016 (B.C. Reg. 206/2016); 2022-41-9.