49 Electronic Attendance At Annual And Special General Meetings

49 (1) If the requirements of subsection (2) are met, a strata corporation may provide for attendance and voting by telephone or other electronic means at an annual or special general meeting of the strata corporation.

• (2) The requirements for the purposes of subsection (1) are as follows:

• (a) the notice given under section 45 must include instructions for attending the meeting by electronic means;
• (b) the electronic means must enable all persons attending the meeting to communicate with each other;
• (c) the electronic means must enable the chair of the meeting to identify whether a person attending by electronic means is an eligible voter.

• (3) Despite the bylaws of a strata corporation,

• (a) a voting card is not required to be issued to an eligible voter attending an annual or special general meeting by electronic means, and
• (b) an eligible voter attending an annual or special general meeting by electronic means is not entitled or required to vote by secret ballot.

• (4) A person who attends an annual or special general meeting as provided for under subsection (1) is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

1998-43-49, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000); 2022-41-11.