Here is a short explanation on the difference between a unanimous resolution and a special resolution:

Special resolution :

(Special) meaning:

particular, exclusive, individual, unique, distinctive.

(Resolution) meaning:

ruling, decree, resolve, declaration, decision, motion.

If the resolution is to be passed at a General Meeting of the Body Corporate, 30 days notice of the meeting by prepaid registered post must be given, and the agenda must specify the details of the proposed special resolution.

Subject to quorum requirements being met for a general meeting, three-fourths of the members present in person or by proxy, or by person recognized as a representative in law, must vote in favour of the resolution on the one-man-one-vote system, and the vote must also be passed in value – in other words the participation quotas of the sections of those members who voted in favour of the resolution must equal 75% or more of the total participation quotas of the sections of all members forming the quorum.

If the resolution is to be passed by ‘Round-Robin’-the Act simply states 75% of all the members of the Body Corporate must vote in favour of the proposed resolution, and that the result of such vote must be calculated, or reckoned, in number and by value.