MEMBERSHIP

Membership Types

Membership of the Institute shall be divided into the following classes:

• Fellow Members
• Corporate Members
• Practising Members
• Student Members
• Associate Members
• Body Corporate Members
• Corporate Service Provider

• A Fellow Member is a person that fulfils the requirements of a Practising Member and has been a member of the Institute for a continuous period of ten years and is recommended for such class of membership by the Council in view of their meritorious service to the institute.

• A Corporate Membership is available to any firm practising in the business of Body Corporate Management accepted by the Council upon such conditions and fees as may from time to time be set pursuant to clause 11 of this Constitution.

  A Corporate Member must provide evidence of current audit of trust accounts held on behalf of bodies corporate and professional indemnity insurance cover in relation to the conduct of its business of Body Corporate Management to the level of cover determined by the Council from time to time as a condition of making an application for membership or to renew annual membership.

Where a firm is granted membership as a Corporate Member, the principal of that firm, or one of its nominated directors, will be given one vote, without further payment of membership fees. A Corporate Membership will require payment of membership fees for all current practicing managers in the employ of the Corporate Member. A Corporate Member will be required to supply to the Secretary at the end of each financial year a registry for the calculation of membership fees. 

• A Practising Member is a person who is a member of a company or organisation that is a current Corporate Member and has passed the course of instruction and examination in Body Corporate Management as prescribed by the Council; or achieved practical experience in Body Corporate Management acceptable to the Council or has attained such other academic qualifications and achieved such practicable experience in Body Corporate Management considered appropriate by the Council.

The Institute may enter into an understanding with the National Community Titles Institute or any other body recognised by the National Training Board as having the authority to determine qualifications, accreditation and competency standards for the Body Corporate Management industry and, in such event, the qualifications for membership as a Practising Member may be those academic, professional or experiential standards established by such national organisation.

• A Student Member is a person who is a member of a company or organisation that is a current Corporate Member and in the opinion of the Council is actively involved in Body Corporate Management, and engaged in full or part-time tertiary study of a discipline associated with Body Corporate Management.

Student members who consider they have met the conditions as set out in clause 6.3 may make application to the Council to become a Practising Member in such form as the Council may require.

• An Associate Member is a person who has been admitted to a professional association or has some other standing in the community, which the Council believes, makes that person suitable to hold this category of membership.

• A “Body Corporate Member” is a person who as a duly elected office bearer of a Body Corporate under the Strata Titles or Community Titles Acts, may be permitted as a non-voting member of the Institute.

• A Corporate Service Provider is a person who is engaged in the provision of ancillary services to Body Corporate Management, and who, in the opinion of the Council, should be permitted to be a member of the Institute.