Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 48:

In page 10, lines 1 to 3, to delete subsection (4).

This amendment is aimed at deleting section 12(4). This subsection restricts the application of section 12 because it states it applies to multi-unit developments, in respect of which development works will commence after the enactment of the Bill. It seems the one unit-one vote rule, of which we all approve, does not apply to existing managements. That seems to be undesirable. In the Government's amendment No. 17 which inserts a new section 2, there is a recognition that the one unit-one vote rule could be modified in a mixed use development. Did the Minister envisage a similar time limit in the case of the new section 2? As I am not sure why this is time-limited, I would be grateful to hear the Minister's view on the matter.