53 Number Of Votes Per Strata Lot

53 (1) At an annual or special general meeting each strata lot has one vote unless different voting rights are set out in a Schedule of Voting Rights in the prescribed form in accordance with section 247, 248 or 264.

• (2) Despite subsection (1), a strata corporation may, by bylaw, provide that the vote for a strata lot may not be exercised, except on matters requiring an 80% vote or unanimous vote, if the strata corporation is entitled to register a lien against that strata lot under section 116(1).
• (3) If, in accordance with a bylaw passed under subsection (2), a vote for a strata lot may not be exercised, the strata lot’s vote must not be considered for the purposes of determining a quorum in accordance with section 48 or for the purposes of sections 43(1), 46(2) and 51(3).
• (4) Despite subsection (1), if there is a tie vote at an annual or special general meeting, the president, or, if the president is absent or unable or unwilling to vote, the vice president, may, if the bylaws so provide, break the tie by casting a second, deciding vote.

1998-43-53, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000); 1999-21-13, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000); 2009-17-11, effective December 11, 2009 (B.C. Reg. 312/2009); 2015-40-40, effective July 28, 2016 (B.C. Reg. 206/2016).