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AGM / SGM

Raising Special Levies as a Last Resort 

Over the last ten plus years I have often been asked when and how special contributions (or “special levies”) can be legally raised. There are so many misconceptions and misunderstanding in regard to special levies. I have been told that:  

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Dealing with Unpaid levies
Arrear levies

How bodies corporate should deal with unpaid or arrear levies

In terms of Prescribed Management Rule contained in Annexure 1 to the Regulations of the STSM Act (“PMR”) 25(1) the body corporate must, within 14 days after the approval of the annual budget at the AGM, give the members notice of their liability to pay the contributions levied, and this notice must include:

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