The announcement of the review of the PAMD Act after 12 months of its proclamation is encouraging as it recognises that the dynamics of the need to ensure legislation works effectively on a day-by-day basis. 

QRAMA has been encouraged by the ongoing fine-tuning of the regulations that have taken place recently with the development of Form 20A.

For resident managers, the development of Form 20 was one of significant items  achieved by the new legislation in establishing the manager-client relationship. 

The consultation process that was generated during the review of the old Auctioneers and Agents Act to create the new legislation has generally been positive and the QRAMA Executive has developed positive working relations with the regulators to  Improve the practicality and relevance of the regulations. 

Following the replacement of Form 20 with Form 20a which is a common document for use by both Restricted Letting Agents and Real Estate Agents for all letting, QRAMA has produced a holiday letting Addendum to Form 20A for use by members and we have now adjusted the addendum sample form on the QRAMA website to reflect the new requirements.

QRAMA has discussed the impact of the new regulation with Mavis Florence of the Property Owners Association, who is preparing an advice book for owners. It is important for us to share information and to exchange viewpoints so that we better understand the issues, which impact on us all as stakeholders.  The documents that QRAMA has prepared will appear in the POA Handbook.

ADL Software Products will also incorporate the QRAMA Addendum to Form 20a for holiday letting on their specialist software packages. 

QRAMA continues to work with industry partners to improve the standards and consistency of operations within the industry.  It is only when each stakeholder feels comfortable that the processes are fair that the industry can enjoy the trust between stakeholders that will allow us to progress. 

The consultation process continues with the current legislation under review, the Body Corporate and Community Management Act review and again QRAMA has been seeking to communicate to the legislative reviewers that this legislation has to reflect the diversity of interests in the rapid expansion of community title developments. 

Every major city is experiencing a boom in the development of strata title accommodation and there is a very important investor market as well as the very important holiday and tourist market. 

We at QRAMA have been pleased to be able to hold discussions with the Minister, our local State members and the bureaucrats and their advisers to ensure that they all understand the practical applications necessary for the legislation to be really effective. 

As I indicated previously, the deferment of the introduction of the legislation is in our mind a very position initiative, as we believe it is about the Government working hard to get it right. 

We at QRAMA share with the Premier and the Tourism Minister the need to foster the very important accommodation choices and opportunities for Queensland, which is so important for our economic progress. 

We are aware that every one is conscious of the need to support tourism and its resources and we believe that our members and our industry can play a very important and practical role in the expansion of diversity of regional tourism. 

To that end we have been happy to work to maximise the opportunities for investor owners and for buildings and service providers to those buildings to have first class service, which is not bogged down with unnecessary red tape. 

We are hopeful that the extensive debate during the consultation process will achieve some greater understanding of the various areas of community management and how there is need for this very progressive legislation, to stay on track to protect all stakeholders without unnecessary restrictions to other sectors of interest. 

The spirit of consultation to achieve the outcomes are sound and lets hope it percolates through the industry to eliminate the anxiety and distrust that has been evident in the past. 

ENDS