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Can your scheme actually enforce its rules?

Eight quick questions on how your body corporate handles rule enforcement. See your results instantly — no email required.

In South Africa a scheme cannot fine by default. A valid fine needs a properly adopted fining rule, CSOS certification, and due process. Answer honestly — you'll see exactly where your scheme stands.

1.Has your scheme formally adopted a fining rule — a rule that specifically gives trustees the power to impose fines?

2.Do you hold a current CSOS section 10 certificate for your scheme's rules?

3.Were all members notified of the current rules within 7 days of them being certified?

4.When someone breaks a rule, do you always issue a written notice before considering any fine?

5.On a first offence, does your scheme issue a fine straight away?

6.Before a fine is imposed, do you give the resident a chance to dispute it and be heard by the trustees?

7.If a fine were challenged, could you produce the full record — the complaint, every notice, proof it was delivered, and the trustee decision?

8.Do you apply the same rule the same way to every unit and owner?