As a backdrop, the current Strata Management Act 2013 (SMA 2013) came into force in most states in West Malaysia on June 1, 2015, and in Penang on June 12, 2015. Its accompanying regulations, the Strata Management (Maintenance and Management) Regulations 2015 (SMR 2015), were introduced on June 2, 2015.
Subsequently, on July 1, 2015, the Strata Management (Strata Management Tribunal) Regulations 2015 (SMTR 2015) came into force. Later, on May 2, 2019, the Strata Management (Compounding of Offences) Regulations 2019 was introduced.
