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title: "NCAT strata and community schemes application: pre-filing steps, orders sought and AI rules (NSW)"
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# NCAT strata and community schemes application: pre-filing steps, orders sought and AI rules (NSW)

> Guide to preparing an NCAT strata schemes application: mandatory mediation and exemptions, choosing the orders sought under s 232 and related sections, evidence, service, and NCAT's Procedural Direction 7 on generative…

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Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

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Guide to preparing an NCAT strata schemes application: mandatory mediation and exemptions, choosing the orders sought under s 232 and related sections, evidence, service, and NCAT's Procedural Direction 7 on generative AI.

## Key facts

- Kind: Court document. A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
- Practice area: [Strata & Community Titles](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/strata-and-community-titles.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the official form at ncat.nsw.gov.au and the 5 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when preparing or reviewing an application to NCAT's Consumer and Commercial Division in a strata dispute. Use the current NCAT form or online lodgement; this guide does not reproduce the form.

## How AI may be used

AI may turn minutes and correspondence into a chronology and draft the orders sought, within NCAT Procedural Direction 7. It must not generate the content of any statement or affidavit.

**AI may:**

- Build a chronology and document index from minutes, by-laws, notices and correspondence (permitted by PD7 para 11).
- Draft the orders sought and a summary of the dispute for the lawyer to settle.
- Draft written submissions, with every citation then verified by a person (PD7 paras 16–17).

**AI must not:**

- Must not generate or rephrase the content of statements, affidavits or statutory declarations (PD7 paras 12–14).
- Must not receive material subject to a confidentiality order or produced under summons unless PD7 para 9 conditions are met.
- Must not be used to verify citations on its own (PD7 para 17).

**The lawyer checks:**

- Mediation certificate attached or an exemption under s 227(4) applies.
- The correct respondent is named, with correct legal name and address for service.
- Each order sought is within the Tribunal's power and the evidence supports it.
- Any Gen AI use complies with PD7 and is disclosed where required.

## Authorities

- [Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) s 227 (application not accepted without prior mediation, with exemptions)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2015-050#sec.227)
- [Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) s 232 (orders to settle disputes or rectify complaints)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2015-050#sec.232)
- [Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) ss 24, 147, 150, 231 (invalidating resolutions; civil penalties; invalid by-laws; interim orders)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2015-050#pt.12)
- [Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-002)
- [NCAT Procedural Direction 7: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (commenced 7 April 2025)](https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/dcj/ctsd/ncat/documents/procedural-directions/ncat-pd7-use-of-generative-ai.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/case-types/housing-and-property/strata-and-community-living/strata-schemes.html)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by ncat.nsw.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-17.

## Full text and drafting notes

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*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*