Governancesince 0.1.0-draftspec v0.1.0-draft

Bylaw

Proposed

A bylaw or rule of the strata corporation. Bylaws are adopted by the owners; rules may be made by council and later ratified.

JSON Schema Example file

Fields

Field	Type	Description
`id` required	Identifier	Stable identifier of this Bylaw record.
`strataCorporationId` required	Identifier	The strata corporation this record belongs to. References StrataCorporation
`kind` required	enum	Whether this is a bylaw or a rule. `bylawrule`
`reference` optional	string	Number or section reference used by the corporation (for example "3.4"). max length 32
`title` required	string	Title or subject. min length 1 · max length 200
`text` optional	string	Full text. max length 50000
`status` required	enum	Current status. `proposedinEffectrepealed`
`approvedByResolutionId` optional	Identifier	Resolution that approved or ratified it. References Resolution
`effectiveDate` optional	Date	Date it took effect.
`filedDate` optional	Date	Date a bylaw amendment was filed in the Land Title Office, where applicable.
`extensions` optional	Extensions	Implementation-specific data, namespaced by reverse domain.

Controlled vocabularies

kind

bylaw: Bylaw.
rule: Rule.

status

proposed: Proposed but not yet approved.
inEffect: Currently in effect.
repealed: Repealed or replaced.

Relationships

Referenced by

None

Bylaw

References

strataCorporationIdStrataCorporation
approvedByResolutionIdResolution

Validation rules

Cross-field rules beyond what JSON Schema expresses. Documented in the draft; not yet enforced by tooling.

filedDate applies only when kind is bylaw.

Open questions for legal and industry review

Confirm when bylaws and rules take effect and how ratification of rules should be represented.

Example payload

Illustrative only, with fictional data. Validated against the draft schema at build time.

{
  "id": "bylaw-3-4",
  "strataCorporationId": "sc-0001",
  "kind": "bylaw",
  "reference": "3.4",
  "title": "Pets",
  "status": "inEffect",
  "approvedByResolutionId": "res-2024-07",
  "effectiveDate": "2024-05-10",
  "filedDate": "2024-05-10"
}