Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 (NSW)

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An Act to create freehold strata schemes and leasehold strata schemes; to provide for dealings with lots and common property in the schemes and for varying, terminating and renewing the schemes; and to repeal the Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 and the Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986.

Part 1PreliminaryDivision 1Introduction1Name of Act

This Act is the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015.

2Commencement

This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3Main objects of Act

The main objects of this Act are to provide for—

  • (a)

    the subdivision of land, including buildings, into cubic spaces to create freehold strata schemes and leasehold strata schemes, and

  • (b)

    the way in which lots and common property in strata schemes may be dealt with, and

  • (c)

    the variation, termination and renewal of strata schemes.

Division 2Interpretation4Definitions(1)

In this Act—

accepted lease or sublease means a lease or sublease, or a transfer of a lease or sublease, accepted by an owners corporation under section 25 (1).

administration sheet means a document in the approved form that provides for administrative matters relating to the registration of plans under this Act.

aggregate unit entitlement of lots in a strata scheme means the sum of the unit entitlements of the lots.

approved form means a form approved by the Registrar-General for use under this Act.

building, in relation to a strata scheme or a proposed strata scheme, means a building containing a lot or proposed lot, or part of a lot or proposed lot, in the scheme or proposed scheme.

building alteration plan means a plan that is registered as a building alteration plan, and includes any information, certificate or other document required by this Act or the regulations to be included with the plan before it may be registered.

by-laws for a strata scheme means the by-laws in force for the scheme.

chargee, in relation to a lot or development lot in a leasehold strata scheme, means a chargee of the leasehold estate of the lot.

common infrastructure means—

  • (a)

    the cubic space occupied by a vertical structural member of a building, other than a wall, or

  • (b)

    the pipes, wires, cables or ducts that are not for the exclusive benefit of one lot and are—

    • (i)

      in a building in relation to which a plan for registration as a strata plan was lodged with the Registrar-General before 1 March 1986, or

    • (ii)

      otherwise—in a building or in a part of a parcel that is not a building, or

  • (c)

    the cubic space enclosed by a structure enclosing pipes, wires, cables or ducts referred to in paragraph (b).

common property, in relation to a strata scheme or a proposed strata scheme, means any part of a parcel that is not comprised in a lot (including any common infrastructure that is not part of a lot).

common property rights by-law has the same meaning as…

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