South Australia
Strata Titles Act 1988
An Act to provide for the division of land by strata plan; and for other purposes.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
3 Interpretation
4This Act and the Real Property Act to be read together as a single Act
Part 2—Division of land by strata plan
Division 1—The strata plan
5 Nature of strata plan and requirements with which it must conform
6 Unit entitlement
Division 3—Proprietary incidents arising from deposit of strata plan
9 Easements
10 Common property
11 Vesting of public land in the council
Division 4—Amendment of deposited strata plan
12 Application for amendment
12A Application may deal with statutory encumbrances
13 Amendment by order of ERD Court
Division 6—Amalgamation
16 Amalgamation of adjacent sites
Division 7—Cancellation of strata plan
17 Cancellation
Division 7A—Division of site under Part 19AB
17AAA Application for division
Division 8—Supplementary
17A Procedure where the whereabouts of certain persons is unknown
17B Creation of easements
Part 3—The strata corporation
Division 1—Constitution of strata corporation
18 Name of strata corporation
19 Articles of strata corporation
19A Certain articles may be struck out by Court
20 Binding character of the articles
21 Unit holders are guarantors of strata corporation's liabilities
22 Restriction of payment by strata corporation to its members
23 Officers of strata corporation
24 Contractual formalities
Division 2—General functions, powers and duties
25 Functions
26 General powers
26A Delegation of functions or powers
27 Power to raise money
Division 2A—Delegations by strata corporation
27A Delegation of corporation's functions and powers
27B Body corporate managers
27C General duties
27D Offences
Division 3—Special powers of strata corporation to maintain the integrity of the strata scheme
28 Power to enforce duties of maintenance and repair
29 Alterations and additions
Division 4—Duty to insure
29A Application of Division
30 Duty to insure
31 Other insurance by strata corporation
32 Right of unit holders etc to satisfy themselves as to insurance
Division 5—General meetings
33 Holding of general meetings
33A Statement of expenditure etc
34 Voting at general meetings
34A Duty to disclose interest
Division 6—Management committee
35 Management committee
36 Validity of acts
Division 6A—Agents' trust accounts
36A Application of Division
36B Interpretation
36C Trust money to be deposited in trust account
36D Withdrawal of money from trust account
36E Authorised trust accounts
36F Application of interest
36G Keeping of records
36H Audit of trust accounts
36I Obtaining information for purposes of audit or examination
36J ADIs etc to report deficiencies in trust accounts
36K Confidentiality
36L ADIs etc not affected by notice of trust
Division 7—Appointment of administrator
37 Administrator of strata corporation's affairs
Division 8—Supplementary
38 Duties of the original proprietor in relation to strata corporation
39 Power to require handing over of property
39A Register of unit holders
40 Record keeping
41 Information to be furnished
Part 3A—Resolution of disputes
41AA Persons who may apply for relief
41A Resolution of disputes etc
Part 4—Miscellaneous
42 Unit holder's power of entry
43 Insurance by unit holder
44 Dealing with…