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Governance documents

This page brings together the key documents that govern how Northmarque operates — the registered instruments that establish the scheme, set out the rules for owners and occupiers, and define the arrangements with the caretaking service contractor. It also links to the legislation that underpins everything the body corporate does.

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Community Management Statements and Bylaws

Community Management Statements

The Community Management Statement (CMS) is the scheme’s foundational registered document. It records the scheme’s regulation module, lot entitlements, by-laws, exclusive use allocations, and other required details. A new CMS must be lodged with the Queensland Land Registry (i.e. Titles Queensland) whenever it is amended. There are 2 versions held here reflecting successive amendments, however, the body corporate is aware there are previous amendments that are not currently available here as electronic versions.

Bylaws

Bylaws set out the rules that owners, occupiers, tenants, and their guests must follow in relation to the use of lots and common property. They form Schedule ‘C’ of the CMS and are binding on all persons with an interest in the scheme, tenants and owners’ and tenants’ invitees. The by-laws here are those registered as part of the CMS for Northmarque Carseldine (CTS 43944).

Caretaking Service Contractor

Northmarque operates under the Body Corporate and Community Management (Accommodation Module) Regulation 2020 (Qld). The module allows for a caretaking service contractor – a person engaged to carry out caretaking duties for the scheme who is also, or is an associate of, a letting agent. The documents in this section relate to those engagements.

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Caretaking agreements

The caretaking agreement sets out the terms on which the caretaking service contractor is engaged by the body corporate, including duties, remuneration, and term. Under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld), these agreements are subject to statutory review rights and termination provisions.

Letting agreements

The letting agreement authorises the letting agent to operate a letting business from a lot within the scheme, including the letting of lots on behalf of owners. It is a separate instrument from the caretaking agreement, though both are typically held by the same party as part of the scheme’s management rights.

Deeds of Assignment/Deeds of Variation

A deed of assignment is the legal instrument by which the rights and obligations under the caretaking and letting agreements are formally transferred from one contractor to the next when management rights are sold. It records the body corporate’s approval of the transfer and binds the incoming contractor to the terms of the existing agreements.

A deed of variation is used when the body corporate and contractor agree to change specific terms of the original agreements — for example, to update remuneration, clarify obligations, or reflect changes in the scheme. Unlike an assignment, a variation actually amends the underlying agreements rather than simply transferring them.

Together, these documents form the transactional history of the management rights since the original agreements were signed in 2012.

Legislation

The two key pieces of legislation governing Northmarque are the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (the Act) and the Body Corporate and Community Management (Accommodation Module) Regulation 2020 (the Accommodation Module). The Act establishes the framework for all community titles schemes in Queensland. The Accommodation Module applies specifically to schemes like Northmarque where a caretaking and letting arrangement is in place, and sets out the detailed rules for financial management, meetings, committee operations, and the engagement of service contractors.

NOTE: We endeavour to include the keep these versions current, however, they may not account for the most recent amendmentts. We recommend referring to www.legislation.qld.gov.au for hte most current versions.