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Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

Australia: Queensland
vBody Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld), current as at 1 August 2025, read against legislation.qld.gov.au on 2026-10-06; Body Corporate and Community Management (Standard Module) Regulation 2020 (SL 2020 No 233), current as at 1 August 2025, commenced 1 March 2021
8 domains
28 controls

Duties of a Queensland body corporate and its committee under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 and the Standard Module Regulation 2020: meetings, budgets and levies, sinking fund, common property, by-laws, insurance and records. Scoped; the rest of the Act is not built.

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Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 is a compliance framework from Australia: Queensland with 8 domains and 28 controls. The largest domains are Financial management (Act ch 3 pt 3 div 1; Standard Module ch 7) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (8 controls), Committee (Act ch 3 pt 1 div 2; Standard Module ch 3) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (6 controls), Insurance (Act ch 3 pt 6; Standard Module ch 8 pt 6) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (4 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.

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Framework Domains (8)

Body corporate functions and powers (Act ch 3 pt 1 div 1) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

1 controls
Controls in the Body corporate functions and powers (Act ch 3 pt 1 div 1) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 domain of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 — 1 controls
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queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s94-97ss 94 to 97 General functions, no business and no delegation

Body corporate meetings (Standard Module ch 4) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

2 controls
Controls in the Body corporate meetings (Standard Module ch 4) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 domain of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 — 2 controls
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queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s83Standard Module s 83 Annual general meeting within three months of year end
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s87-93Standard Module ss 87 and 93 Notice and agenda of general meetings

By-laws (Act ch 3 pt 5) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

3 controls
Controls in the By-laws (Act ch 3 pt 5) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 domain of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 — 3 controls
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queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s169-180ss 169 and 180 What by-laws may contain and the limits on them
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s169Bs 169B Keeping animals: approval, conditions and permitted refusal grounds
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s182-183ss 182 and 183 Continuing and future contravention notices for by-law breaches

Committee (Act ch 3 pt 1 div 2; Standard Module ch 3) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

6 controls
Controls in the Committee (Act ch 3 pt 1 div 2; Standard Module ch 3) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 domain of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 — 6 controls
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queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s52-53Standard Module ss 52 and 53 Restricted issues the committee cannot decide
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s55-57Standard Module ss 55 to 57 Committee meeting notice and agenda
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s60Standard Module s 60 Committee quorum
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s71Standard Module s 71 Committee minutes and record of motions
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s100-101ss 100 and 101 Committee decisions and putting resolutions into effect
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s101B-Sch1As 101B and Schedule 1A Code of conduct for committee voting members

Common property (Act ch 3 pt 3 div 2; Standard Module ch 8) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

1 controls
Controls in the Common property (Act ch 3 pt 3 div 2; Standard Module ch 8) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 domain of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 — 1 controls
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queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s152-SM-s180s 152 and Standard Module s 180 Duty to manage and maintain common property

Financial management (Act ch 3 pt 3 div 1; Standard Module ch 7) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

8 controls
Controls in the Financial management (Act ch 3 pt 3 div 1; Standard Module ch 7) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 domain of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 — 8 controls
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queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s160Standard Module s 160 Administrative and sinking fund budgets
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s162-163Standard Module ss 162 and 163 Levying contributions and the notice of contribution
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s164-165Standard Module ss 164 and 165 Prompt-payment discount and late-payment penalty limits
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s167-169Standard Module ss 167 to 169 Administrative and sinking funds kept separately
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s170Standard Module s 170 Monthly reconciliation statements
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s172-174Standard Module ss 172 to 174 Spending limits and quotations
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s175-176Standard Module ss 175 and 176 Accounting records, statement of accounts and audit
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s151s 151 Financial institution accounts opened with consent and joint authority

Insurance (Act ch 3 pt 6; Standard Module ch 8 pt 6) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

4 controls
Controls in the Insurance (Act ch 3 pt 6; Standard Module ch 8 pt 6) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 domain of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 — 4 controls
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queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s196Standard Module s 196 Insurance disclosure at the annual general meeting
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s200Standard Module s 200 Independent replacement valuation every five years
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s206Standard Module s 206 Public risk insurance
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s189-SM-s197-198s 189 and Standard Module ss 197 and 198 Insure common property, assets and buildings for full replacement value

Records and information (Act ch 4 pt 2; Standard Module ch 9) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997

3 controls
Controls in the Records and information (Act ch 4 pt 2; Standard Module ch 9) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 domain of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 — 3 controls
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queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s224-230Standard Module ss 224 to 230 Roll and registers
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::SM-s231-232Standard Module ss 231 and 232 Keeping, disposing of and giving access to records
queensland-body-corporate-and-community-management-act-1997::s205s 205 Inspection of records, copies, body corporate certificates and financial information

What is Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 and who does it apply to?

Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 is a compliance framework from Australia: Queensland with 8 domains and 28 controls. Duties of a Queensland body corporate and its committee under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 and the Standard Module Regulation 2020: meetings, budgets and levies, sinking fund, common property, by-laws, insurance and records. Scoped; the rest of the Act is not built. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What does Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 actually require?

Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 has 28 controls organised across 8 domains. The largest domains are Financial management (Act ch 3 pt 3 div 1; Standard Module ch 7) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (8 controls), Committee (Act ch 3 pt 1 div 2; Standard Module ch 3) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (6 controls), Insurance (Act ch 3 pt 6; Standard Module ch 8 pt 6) – Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (4 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

If I already comply with another framework, how much of Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 do I already cover?

Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 does not currently have cross-framework mappings in our system. Check back as we continuously expand our mapping database.

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